Jesus Not Yes and No, But Yes 2 Corinthians 1:19

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth how he was “therefore thus minded, did I use lightness?”. He added, “the things that I purpose, I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yes yes, and no no”. In chapter one and verse eighteen of Second Corinthians, Paul asked the church members, “did I use lightness”, where we read:

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him was yes.

The verse begins, “For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us,,...” Paul began with the word, “for” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “the Son” which means “used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human family, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind” “of God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”, “Jesus” whose name means “Jehovah is Salvation” and is “the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate” “Christ” which refers to “the anointed One, the Messiah and the Son of God”, “who was preached” or “heralded, proclaimed and published” “among you” which refers to “the church members” “by us” or “through Paul and his companions”. Paul put forth the reason for his message as he was inspired by Jesus of whom he and his companions “proclaimed” to the church members.

The verse goes on to say, “... even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him was yes.” Paul added the words, “even by me” which means “through Paul” “and Silvanus” whose name means “woody” and was “a Roman citizen and companion of the apostle Paul on several of his missionary journeys” “and Timothy” whose name means “honoring God” and was “a resident of Lystra apparently whose father was a Greek and mother a Jewess; he was Paul's travelling companion and fellow laborer”, “was not yes” which means “not verily, truly, assuredly and even so”, “and no” or “not and nothing”, “but” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “in him” or “in Jesus Christ” “was yes” which means “verily, truly, assuredly and even so”. The word Paul and his companions shared did not waver back and forth between “yes and no”, and in Jesus, their words were always in the “affirmative”.

When we think through these words from Paul, we see how he and his companions mission was to share “Jesus Christ” wherever they journeyed, and the Corinthian church members were no exception. They did not waver in their message between the “affirmative and negation”, but rather shared how all the promises by Jesus Christ were “yes”. When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we receive the “yes” promises proclaimed by him, and when we share Him with others as did Paul and his companions, we may be assured that all He declares is “yes”.

Next time Paul shares how Jesus, “was not yes and no, but in him was yes”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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