II Corinthians 4:5-12 HIDDEN TREASURE: REVEALED. Hidden Treasure: Revealed II Corinthians 4:5,6 “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord,

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II Corinthians 4:5-12 HIDDEN TREASURE: REVEALED

Hidden Treasure: Revealed II Corinthians 4:5,6 “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

Hidden Treasure: Revealed II Corinthians 4:7 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay… “But we have this treasure in jars of clay…

Hidden Treasure: Revealed II Corinthians 4:7 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

Hidden Treasure: Revealed “Jar of Clay”: Human frailty; the ability to suffer, to be persecuted; susceptibility to difficulty “Jar of Clay”: Human frailty; the ability to suffer, to be persecuted; susceptibility to difficulty

Hidden Treasure: Revealed We Are: We Are Not: Hard-pressed Hard-pressed The Difference: Perseverance The Difference: Perseverance Perplexed Perplexed The Difference: Trust The Difference: Trust Persecuted Persecuted The Difference: God’s Presence The Difference: God’s Presence Struck Down Struck Down The Difference: We Get Back Up Again The Difference: We Get Back Up Again Crushed Crushed In Despair In Despair Abandoned Abandoned Destroyed Destroyed

Hidden Treasure: Revealed II Corinthians 4:10 “We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.” “We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”

Hidden Treasure: Revealed Our Mission: We exist to pervade the Back Mountain, Wyoming Valley and the world with the Gospel by making disciples who make disciples and who display the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ in every phase of their lives. We exist to pervade the Back Mountain, Wyoming Valley and the world with the Gospel by making disciples who make disciples and who display the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ in every phase of their lives.

Hidden Treasure: Revealed …so that His life may be REVEALED in our mortal body. …so that His life may be REVEALED in our mortal body. -II Corinthians 4:11