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"Made sorry in a godly manner..."

Text: 2 Corinthians 7:9

GODLY SORROW

There is false sorrow. There is also true sorrow. They need to be distinguished. The latter is that which God desires.

“Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry,
but that your sorrow led to repentance.
For you were made sorry in a godly manner,
that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.”
2 Corinthians 7:9

1. “Now I rejoice”

a) This was mentioned in 2 Corinthians 7:7.

b) Paul had every reason to rejoice.

2. “Not that you were made sorry”

a) Paul did not enjoy writing stern letters.

b) He did not find joy in the sorrow of the Corinthians.

3. “But that your sorrow led to repentance”

a) This was the point.

b) The sorrow of the Corinthians led to repentance.

i) There were many sins that troubled the Corinthian Church.

ii) Paul had to address these sin problems sternly.

iii) This caused the Corinthians to realise their sin problems.

iv) There was conviction of the heart and sorrow felt.

4. “For you were made sorry in a godly manner”

a) Made sorry

i) The Spirit of God must have been at work.

ii) Thus, the Corinthians were repentant.

iii) Repentance was necessary as a demonstration of true sorrow.

b) “In a godly manner”

i) This was according to God’s will and design.

ii) Sin must be repented of.

5. “That you might suffer loss from us in nothing”

a) The loss would be that of fellowship with Paul and his fellow-workers.

b) The loss would be that of further apostolic instruction.