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Mar 19, 2018 · 2 Corinthians 4:13-14. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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- A. How A More Glorious Covenant Should Be presented.
- B. Treasure in Clay Pots.
- C. Our Light affliction.
1. (1-2) How Paul preached the more glorious gospel.
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. a. Since we have this ministry… we do not lose heart: Paul preached his gospel boldly. When Paul considered the greatness of his calling, it gave him the heart to face all his difficulties...
2. (3-4) Why don’t more people respond to such a glorious gospel?
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. a. Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing: If people do not respond to this glorious gospel, it isn’t Paul’s fault or his gospel’s fault. Only those who are perishing miss the message. i. “The blindness of unbelievers in no wa...
1. (5-6) The topic of Paul’s preaching: Jesus, not self.
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to givethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. a. For we do not preach ourselves: Paul didn’t climb into the pulpit or stand before an audience to preach himself. He wasn’t important and he wasn’t the focus. Jesus was the focus, so Paul could strongly say, we d...
2. (7) A great treasure in such a humble container.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. a. This treasure: The treasure is the greatness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the glory of God made evident through that gospel. It is the very light of God and the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, reflected in the face of Jesus Christ. This is the greatest treasurein all creation! b. We have this treasure in earthen vessels: When Paul considers us as earthen vessels, he...
3. (8-12) The suffering in Paul’s ministry brought forth life.
We arehard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we areperplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. a.We are hard pressed: This has the idea of “hu...
1. (16) Why we do not lose heart.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward manis being renewed day by day. a. Therefore we do not lose heart: Paul began the chapter (2 Corinthians 4:1) by declaring since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. Then in the chapter he described all the death-like sufferings he had to endure in the ministry. It is as if Paul now anticipates the question, “how can you not lose heart?” i. Therefore is part of the answe...
2. (17-18) A coming glory that outweighs any of today’s difficulties.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen areeternal. a. Our light affliction: When Paul writes “our light affliction,” we might wonder if he ever knew any “real” trials. Some might think, “Well Paul, youraffliction might be light, but mine isn’t. If...
DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON ON THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1870 “Our light affliction.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 PERHAPS someone here thoughtlessly says, “Well, whoever calls affliction, ‘light,’ must have been a person who knew very little about what affliction really is.
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. 2 Corinthians 4:1. _Seeing we have this ministry,_ of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have li...
