A ROUGH RIDE BUT WORTH IT!

                                                                      Series in 2 Corinthians—2 Corinthians 4:1-17

                                                                               August 24, 2008—Pastor John Moriarty 
 

1. Don’t Lose Heart—vs. 1

 
 

2. The Road To Travel Is Named “Truth”—vs. 2; Psalm 119:105

 
 

3. The Devil And Roadside Bombs—vs. 3-4

 
 

4. Jesus Take The Wheel Because It’s All About You! –vs. 5-6

 
 

5. Jars of Clay (the container and the power in the container)—vs. 7

 
 

6. The Bumps In The Road

 

1. hard pressed but not crushed—vs. 8; 1 Corinthians 10:13
2. perplexed but not in despair—vs. 9
3. persecuted but not abandoned—vs. 9
4. struck down but not destroyed—vs. 9

 
 

7. The Reason For the Rough Ride—(the divine association) vs. 10-11

 

8. The Benefit Package

 

1. Resurrection—12-14
2. Kingdom growth—vs. 15
3. We don’t give into a lost heart—vs. 16
4. We are changing (being renewed)—vs. 16
5. We gain a healthy eternal perspective—vs. 17