Sermon Notes

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**2 Corinthians 4:7-18 | Treasure in Jars of Clay

his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

“therefore I will hope in him.”

God is determined to secure all the glory for himself! I hope you’re o.k. with that, for your ultimate joy is dependent on God being God. Were God to be less than supremely glorious and praiseworthy, we are the ones who stand to lose. Our ultimate and eternal satisfaction is dependent on his being ultimately and eternally satisfying. If God should ever be less than infinitely deserving of all praise and honor and credit for whatever good is achieved, our delight in him is to that extent diminished.

If any degree of power derives from us or if the praise it deserves should go to someone or something other than God, to that degree we endure irrevocable loss.

to be at the end of man’s resources is not to be at the end of God’s resources; on the contrary, it is to be precisely in the position best suited to prove and benefit from them, and to experience the surplus of the power of God breaking through and resolving the human dilemma

The culture could change if someone stepped up for the cause

To rep us and our God, but who will accept the job?

If only we had better rappers to gain us more respect

To validate what we believe and keep our name up in the press

But God does not use the same methods as the world

He chose the foolish and the weak to bring His message to the world

We were rescued from the world, He left us here to be His servants

We don't need more superstars we need more Gospel-centered churches

Working as the body to bring the Gospel to the nations

Even when we face rejection Jesus is our validation