‘Wasting Away’ 2 Cor 4:13-18
1. Introduction
2. Our present condition
‘Therefore we do not lose heart … 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. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal’.
3. Looking inward
Wasting away. vs. renewed day by day Outwardly. vs Wasting away vs renewed day by day Outwardly vs inwardly Light and mom’ty trouble vs eternal glory Eyes on the seen vs eyes on the unseen. Temporary vs eternal.
4. The Cicada
5. Tonic for old age
Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day!