Saturday, August 4, 2012

Carrying around in our body the death of Jesus

2 Corinthians 4:7-18
The treasure in our boy, jar of clay, show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
All this is for your benefit, for that the grace that is reaching more and more people my cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. We fix out eyes on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Why?
Out life has the life of Jesus so we are living like water soft, but strengthened by the Lord Jesus.
All of the persecution and distress is light and temporary compare with our eternal glory. Paul suffer those persecution and gives faith and thanksgiving to the  Lord, so that Paul said it is for your benefit, it is an good witness to all Christians.
Paul is subjected to every kind of human weakness, persecution and suffering.
But the future, in all its glorious certainty, eclipses any suffering the present can hold.
If Paul is picturing the Roman triumphal procession, earthenware pots deliberately chosen as a foil to the magnificent treasures inside.
How?
Carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that I don't afraid any trouble and distress, let the life of Jesus be revealed in my body.
Our faith is eternal glory.

No comments: