Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Open Up the Heavens – Meredith Andrews – Worth It All Glorious – Chris Tomlin – See the Morning Our God Saves – Paul Baloche – Our God Saves Worth It All – Meredith Andrews – Worth It All We Stand As One – Greg Sykes – The Voice of the Martyrs: I Am N
Encouragement Amidst Physical Trials Endurance & Triumph Amidst Difficulties (part 5) 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Review 2 Corinthians Fruitful Our suffering is not 1:1-11 Suffering in vain
Review 2 Corinthians How to If you want to 1:12-2:17 Remain share in Christ’s Triumphant triumph, you need Amidst to remain chained Suffering to His chariot!
Review 2 Corinthians How to be You are 3:1-18 Adequate inadequate on While your own, but Being totally adequate Inadequate through Christ’s Spirit in you
Review 2 Corinthians Therefore, We don’t lose 4:1-18 We Do Not heart b/c even Lose Heart though we are not able, God is able
Outline •Paul’s defense & description of his ministry (2:14-7:4) − Reasons to not lose heart in ministry (4:1-5:10) ∙ Because in spite of temporal trials we live for eternal rewards (4:16-18)
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away , our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen . For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient , but the things that are unseen are eternal .
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? What then shall we do in the meantime?
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the certainty of our future possession of new physical bodies (vv.1-4)
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the certainty of our future possession of new physical bodies (vv.1-4) 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the certainty of our future possession of new physical bodies (vv.1-4) 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked .
– 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
– 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
– 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
– 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the certainty of our future possession of new physical bodies (vv.1-4)
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the anticipation of our future experience of intimate communion in the presence of Christ (vv.6-8)
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the anticipation of our future experience of intimate communion in the presence of Christ (vv.6-8) 6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the anticipation of our future experience of intimate communion in the presence of Christ (vv.6-8) 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
– 1 John 3:2 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? • Because of the anticipation of our future experience of intimate communion in the presence of Christ (vv.6-8)
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? •Because of Christ’s Spirit who is our present guarantee of this future promise (v.5)
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? •Because of Christ’s Spirit who is our present guarantee of this future promise (v.5) 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? •Because of Christ’s Spirit who is our present guarantee of this future promise (v.5) 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit , guaranteeing what is to come.
– 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 (NASB) 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, 6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
– 2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV) 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Why can we be confident & courageous amidst physical affliction? •Because of Christ’s Spirit who is our present guarantee of this future promise (v.5)
What then shall we do in the meantime?
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