Treasure in Perishable Containers. 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Pause for thought

When we tell others about Jesus we must always be truthful in what we say never distorting the message to please people. The message we preach must always be about the Lord Jesus and never about ourselves 2:2.

If called upon to give a personal testimony we must never exaggerate to draw attention to ourselves.. The treasure we carry within us is Gods glory in these frail human bodies we have nothing to boast about but this Christ lives in me 2:5.

In the parable of the sower, the seed that fell on the hard path represents those who heard the Good News about the kingdom and don’t understand it. These are the ones who have hard hearts or “veiled hearts”. These are those through ignorance of the message fall prey to Satan’s lies, and whose minds are so blinded that they refuse to believe and have unknowingly made Satan their god. This is of great concern because this seems to suggest that people don’t have to put their trust in Satan to make him their god it is the default position of anyone who rejects the Good News of Jesus Christ 4::4.

Have you met the perfect Christian or heard of the Christian family that has never experienced any troubles? Paul’s experienced more pressure from trouble than most, he said he was pressed on every side but he would not give in! He talks about having the same faith as the psalmist when he said I believe in God and so I speak. We have this very same faith because we believe in Jesus, and we completely trust Him. So we will continue to speak for Him because we understand that our troubles that often loom so large now won’t last much longer. The best is yet to come! 4:18.

Memory Verse

So we don’t look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.

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