PREACHING CHRIST JESUS THE LORD Second Corinthians Four In Second Corinthians Four Paul continued to explain about his work and service for God. He went through tough times but he did not allow himself to get discouraged because he knew that he was working for God. There was a very obvious contras... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLINDED TO THE TRUTH 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1-4:_ Paul felt that God had been kind in entrusting him with the work of preaching the gospel. His concept was that what he was doing was a ministry. The ministry of Christ was so much more glorious than that under the Law of Moses. Therefore Paul would not all... [ Continue Reading ]
_PREACHING CHRIST AS LORD 2 CORINTHIANS 4:5-7:_ In Paul's preaching he preached Jesus Christ as Lord and he did not exalt himself. The subject of all his preaching was Christ as Lord and Paul as servant. Christ was the head of the one church and Paul was a servant in the one body! Our Creator God wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_OVERCOMING MANY TROUBLES 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-15:_ Bad things come to good people. Paul mentions four bad things that had come his way and four ways that those things could be worse. He said, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18:_ Paul would never give up. He did not just become exhausted and wearied and faint. There was resistance to his message, but he would not faint. He simply did his duty, and committed the result to God. He realized that his body was progressively deca... [ Continue Reading ]