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Friday... There can be some people that we want to prove wrong but.

Friday... There can be some people that we want to prove wrong but. The Apostle Paul in writing a letter to the Corinthian church was tempted to prove some arrogant people there that they were wrong. But he was not about to go against God's plan. What should I do? Some arrogant people just get to us, don't they? We want to prove them wrong. Now the devil will do anything and use anyone to get us off track, even good reasons. Here is what Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:18 (AMP), "Now some of you have become arrogant and pretentious as though I were not coming to see you." And we want so much to prove them wrong but is that the right thing to do? I'm going to do the opposite you say to prove you wrong. Again, the devil will use any method he can to get us off track. But Paul continues with a statement that we may overuse but it must be what we do. In verse 19a he says, "But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing." The Message Paraphrase says, ...