4/30/2023 Worship Service and Sermon: Jars of Clay - 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
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4/30/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Title: Jars of Clay
Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
Notes:
1: Christians have something priceless
A. Knowledge of the glory of God
B. Knowledge of God reflected in the face of Christ
2. Christians have the priceless knowledge of Christ in frail bodies and hard experiences
A. "hard pressed on every side"
B. "perplexed"
C. "persecuted"
D. "struck down"
E. Frail bodies and hard experiences are portrayed as a living death
3. Our dying is a joining with Christ in His death
A. The statement: "our dying with him"
B. Fleshing out the statement
4. Through our suffering/dying with Christ, we share the very life of Christ
A. The statement: Suffering Christians share the very life of Christ
B. Illustrations of suffering Christians sharing the very life of Christ
Benediction: May you know Christ: the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings and the power of His resurrection.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. Amen
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