02282021 A Reminder Why We Won't Quit 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

A Reminder Why We Won't Quit 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Big Idea In spite of all the pains of life, we do not quit; but are renewed day by day because the same power that raised Christ from the dead is the same power that is at work within us.. . The Key Question How can I prepare to suffer without quitting? A. FOUR REASONS WE DO NOT QUIT 1. GOD'S POWER AND GOD'S SON IS BEING GLORIFIED 2 COR 4:7, 10, 11 2. THE CHURCH IS BEING STRENGTHENED 2 COR 12, 15 3. GOD'S PRESENCE IS SUSTAINING US 2 COR 4:8-9 4. WE WILL BE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD 2 COR 4:14 B. FOUR MORE REASONS NOT TO QUIT AND BE RENEWED DAY BY DAY 1. OUR AFFLICTIONS ARE MOMENTARY 2 COR 4:17 2. OUR AFFLICTIONS ARE LIGHT 2 COR 4:17 3. ETERNAL GLORY IS BEING PRODUCED 2 COR 4:17 4. WHAT IS SEEN IS TEMPORARY BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IS ETERNAL 2 COR 4:18; 1 PE 1:13; HEB 10:35-36 BIBLICAL HOPE is a life-changing confident expectation, a certainty that God is going to bring about all the good He has promised when our Lord Jesus Christ returns! PASTOR MARK DEMIRE THE COMMUNITY OF Grace A REMINDER WHY WE WON'T QUIT [2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-18] FEBRUARY 28, 2021