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(2 Corinthians 4:5 AMP) For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ
as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus' sake.
(2 Corinthians 4:6a AMP) For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has
shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the
illumination of the knowledge of the majesty
(2 Corinthians 4:6b AMP) and glory of God [as it is
manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus
Christ (the Messiah). [Gen. 1:3.]
Paul’s Belief & MotivationPaul’s Belief & Motivation
He wanted:He wanted:
1)1)To beam forth the Light To beam forth the Light
2)2)The knowledge of God’s The knowledge of God’s majesty and glory can be seenmajesty and glory can be seen
3)3)People to see it in the Jesus People to see it in the Jesus Christ (the Messiah)Christ (the Messiah)
(2 Corinthians 4:7 AMP) However, we possess this
precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may
be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.
Believe God for the SpiritualBelieve God for the Spiritual
Use your faith to believe this: That people will
know that the power at work in you came from
God and not you!
(2 Corinthians 4:8a AMP)
We are hedged in (pressed) on every side
[troubled and oppressed in every
way], but not cramped or crushed;
(2 Corinthians 4:8b AMP)
We suffer embarrassments and
are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to
despair;
(2 Corinthians 4:9 AMP) We are pursued (persecuted
and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we
are struck down to the ground, but never struck out
and destroyed;
(2 Corinthians 4:10 AMP) Always carrying about in the
body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus
suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus
also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
(2 Corinthians 4:11 AMP) For we who live are constantly
[experiencing] being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, that the [resurrection] life of
Jesus also may be evidenced through our flesh which is
liable to death.
Keep your shield up so
“that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be
evidenced through our flesh which is liable to
death.”
(2 Corinthians 4:12 AMP)
Thus death is actively at work in us, but [it is in
order that our] life [may be actively at work] in
you.
(2 Corinthians 4:13 AMP) Yet we have the same spirit of
faith as he had who wrote, I have believed, and therefore
have I spoken. We too believe, and therefore we
speak, [Ps. 116:10.]
(Psalms 116:10 AMP) I believed (trusted in, relied
on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken
[even when I said], I am greatly afflicted. [II Cor. 4:13.]
(2 Corinthians 4:14 AMP) Assured that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and
bring us [along] with you into His presence.
Shield of Faith: Assured and confident that
1)He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus
2)He bring us [along] with you into His presence
(2 Corinthians 4:15a AMP) For all [these] things are
[taking place] for your sake, so that the more grace
(divine favor and spiritual blessing) extends to more
and more people and multiplies through the many,
His shield was that he believed
1)he will enter into His presence by the One who raised Jesus.
2)It would help him to live and stay focused and remain confident so that (Two things)
Paul endured - he wanted:Paul endured - he wanted:1) More grace will extend to
more and more people and multiplies
2) More thanksgiving may increase to God’s glory!!
(2 Corinthians 4:16a AMP) Therefore we do not become
discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear).
(2 Corinthians 4:16b AMP) Though our outer man is
[progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively]
renewed day after day.
It is because of our shield (confidence in God doing what He said, that He who raised Jesus will bring us into His presence) that
We do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear)
Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively]
renewed day after day.
(2 Corinthians 4:17a AMP) For our light, momentary
affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly
preparing and producing and achieving for us an
everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure,
(2 Corinthians 4:17b AMP) [beyond all measure,
excessively surpassing all comparisons and all
calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to
cease!],
Paul can call them light because of the extended & everlasting glory that is
1)beyond all measure
2)excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations,
3)a vast and transcendent (superior, excellent, supreme, great, unequalled, unmatched) glory and
4)blessedness never to cease!],
(2 Corinthians 4:18 AMP) Since we consider and look
not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.
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