scripture: 2 corinthians 4:7-4:18

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By God’s grace we can find the joy to keep going despite suffering and difficulty.

By God’s grace we can find the joy to keep going despite suffering and difficulty.

As believers, suffering, struggle, and even death can be hard to accept, but I hope you’ll see how it’s actually our frailty… our brokenness… that enables the world to see Christ more vividly and find hope and joy in the Gospel Outline: How to see the light of hope through the cracks of our suffering: o Jesus is Seen in Our Suffering o Our Suffering Shows Grace to Others o Our Perspective Softens Our Suffering

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Give Easter a chance to shine through.

Give Easter a chance to shine through.

DESCRIPTION - L'humilité de notre condition et les difficultés du service de l’Évangile de Christ nous renvoient à la souveraineté de notre Dieu et à son amour manifesté en Jésus-Christ. Nous évoquerons la notion de "déjà et pas encore", qui apparaît dans les contrastes évoqués par Paul (v.10-12) et les encouragements à porter nos yeux sur les réalités invisibles mais éternelles, qui aboutissent pour les chrétiens à la résurrection et manifestent la gloire de Dieu (v.14-15).

After making a start into chapter 4 last week, we will finish the chapter this week. Twice in this chapter, Paul has said, “Therefore…we do not lose heart.” We will look at the second occurrence the week (verse 16), and how it relates to our own way of thinking and where our focus is. I think you will discover why chapter 4 has encouraged and strengthened so many people for so many years. Sure, it is easy to be encouraged and strong when things are going well. But when you are being bombarded you need a mental framework that keeps you from giving up and becoming hopeless. Do you have one? Paul did! Even though our culture tells us that money and success and technology and material goods will give us the life we always wanted, we all know that is not true. If it were, then Robin Williams would not have ended his addiction-riddled life in suicide! So why do people keep making the same choices to order their lives around the acquisition and enjoyment of temporary things, hoping it will fulfill? Of course it is not wrong to have things, but to live for them? That’s another story! People that live for temporary pleasures become “temporary-minded”. The existence is superficial, fickle, and unstable because the life is built on shifting sand. But “eternal life” is not a statement of length, but a statement about a certain “quality” of life. People that live for eternal things become “eternally minded”. The first try to find life in the temporary and lose it altogether, because it is based in the temporary. This group easily becomes discouraged by the pains and pressures of that life. How do you know what kind of life you are living? How do you know the difference between the temporary and the eternal? How was Paul able to avoid giving up or becoming discouraged? Listen in as we plunge into the rest of chapter four and see how each of these questions are handled by Pau through the work of the Holy Spirit in this next section.

What does the resurrection mean to those who believe? Paul believes that the power of the resurrection is revealed through his suffering. For Paul this is a clear sign that when he is at an end the life of Jesus picks him up.

The Race Part 2 "Pace Yourself" 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Dr. Rhett G. Payne, III

A topical teaching about the pain and trials believers endure and the final verdict of a life lived by faith for God

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 20th November 2016.

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 20th November 2016.

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2 Corinthians 4:17 "For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison"