Treasure in Jars of Clay ??????

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Treasure in Jars of Clay??????

• ?? 2 Cor 47-18

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I. Introduction to the 2 Corinthians???????

• The city (????)
• The culture (??)
• The church problems (??????)
• False teachers (???)
• The circumstances (??)
• Most personal Paul the apostle (????)
• Humility-Human Weaknesses (47-18) (??)
• Relying on Gods grace (128-10) (????)
• The theologically important (??????)
• Christology (521 89) (???)
• New Covenant (36-18) (??)
• Face to face with Jesus (318-46) (?????)
• Separation from unbelievers (614-71) (??????)
• After death (51-11) (1Co 15) (????????)
• Giving (Ch 8-9) (??, ??)
• Doctrine of reconciliation (514-21) (???)
• Substitutionary atonement (521) (???)

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II. State of life before our salvation.?????????
(? Eph 21 ? Ecc 311 ? Rom 623a 821 ?? 2
Co 416)

• As for you, you were dead in your transgressions
  and sins. (? Eph 21)
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• Death, decay, waste away (??, ??, ??)

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God left us at the fall????????????(? Ecc 311
? Gen 3)

• He has made everything beautiful in its time. He
  has also set eternity in the hearts of men yet
  they cannot fathom what God has done from
  beginning to end.
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?? 2 Cor 47-10, 16-18

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?? 2 Cor 47-10, 16-18

• 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to
  show that this all-surpassing power is from God
  and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every
  side, but not crushed perplexed, but not in
  despair 9 persecuted, but not abandoned struck
  down, but not destroyed. 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.
• ?16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
  outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we
  are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light
  and momentary troubles are achieving for us an
  eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 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.

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III. Pauls metaphors of a Christians life
??????????????(?? 2 Cor 47-9, 16)

• Treasure in Jars of Clay (47-9)
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• Jars of clay (??)
• Treasure (??) New life in Christ
• Outer man and Inner man (416)
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A. Treasure in jars of clay ???????

• ?? 2 Cor 47-10
• ??7? But we have this treasure in jars of clay to
  show that this all-surpassing power is from God
  and not from us. ?8? We are hard pressed on
  every side, but not crushed perplexed, but not
  in despair ?9? persecuted, but not abandoned
  struck down, but not destroyed. ?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.
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B. Inner man and outer man???(??)????(??)

• ?? 2 Cor 416
• ??Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
  outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we
  are being renewed day by day.
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The value of ones life is determined(??????)

• Not by the broken/decaying jar of clay,
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• But by whats in it (contents).
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• Dead in sin and transgression
• (???????)
• New life in Christ (through the power of the
  gospel message)
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IV. The state of our resurrected
life??????????(?? 2 Cor 517 410, 16 ? Gal
220 ? Rom 65)

• ?? 2 Cor 416
• ?Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly
  we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being
  renewed day by day.
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V. What does a true believers new life look like
in reality???????????(??)?????? (?? 2 Co 410,
16-18 ? Gal 220 ? Rom 61-14, 5 ? Col 31-3)

• State of life (?? 2Co 410, 16b ? Rom 65)
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• Our attitude (?? 2Co 416a)
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• Our focus efforts (?? 2Co 418)
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• Our reward (?? 2Co 417, 7-9)
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A. State of the believers Life ???????? (?? 2
Co 410, 16b 517 ? Rom 65 ? Gal 220 Isa ?
4028-31)

• Carry both death life of Jesus. (410 ? Rom
  65)
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• Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet
  inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (416b
  ? Eph 210) (Process)
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• Already but not yet. (?? 2 Cor 517 410, 16 ?
  Gal 220)
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??? Isaiah 402831 (NIV)

• 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD
  is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends
  of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,
  and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He
  gives strength to the weary and increases the
  power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and
  weary, and young men stumble and fall 31 but
  those who hope in the LORD will renew their
  strength. They will soar on wings like eagles
  they will run and not grow weary, they will walk
  and not be faint.
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Your inner person is renewed and getting younger
every day!

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B. New Attitude ????(?? 2 Co 416a, 17 ? Rom
828)

• We do not lose heart. (416a)
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• It is for our benefits. (417 ? Rom 828)
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C. New Confidence???? (? Rom 828-29 ?? 2 Cor
59-10 ? Jam 112 ? Mat 51-12)

• ?? Rom 828-29
• 28 And we know that God causes all things to work
  together for good to those who love God, to those
  who are called according to His purpose. 29 For
  those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
  become conformed to the image of His Son, so that
  He would be the firstborn among many brethren.
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D. New Focus Goal??????? (?? 2 Co 418
59-10 ? Phil 314)

• 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.
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New Focus Goal ???????(?? 2Co 418 59-10
??? Phil 314)

• I press on toward the goal to win the prize for
  which God has called me heavenward in Christ
  Jesus. (? Phil 314)
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E. New Value???? (? Col 31-2 ?? 1 Cor 1519
? Phil 320)

• ??? Col 31-2
• Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,
  set your hearts on things above, where Christ is
  seated at the right hand of God. ?2? Set your
  minds on things above, not on earthly things.
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VI. Reward for living out our resurrected life
more fully ????????????(?? 2 Cor 47-9, 17 ??
1 Pet 13-4 ?? 1 Cor 314 ? Phil 314)

• This life (??) Victory (??)
• Already but not yet (???, ????)
• Positional, Partial Experiential (???, ?????)
• ?? 2 Cor 47-9 517
• Life to come (??) Glorified (???)
• Perfection (??)
• Heavenly inheritance (?????)
• ?? 2 Co 417 ?? 1 Pet 13-4 ?? 1 Co 314 ?
  Phil 314

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A. This life Victory (48-9)?? ??Already but
not yet (????????)

• Hard pressed on every side
• (????)
• Perplexed
• ? (????)
• Persecuted
• (???)
• Struck down
• (???)

• But not crushed
• (?????)
• But not in despair
• (?????)
• But not abandoned
• (?????)
• But not destroyed
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B. Life to come Eternal glory?? ???(?? 2 Cor
417 ?? 1 Pet 13-4 ? Phil 314)

• ?? 2 Cor 417
• For our light and momentary troubles are
  achieving for us an eternal glory that far
  outweighs them all.
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?? 1 Cor 314

• If what he has built survives, he will receive
  his reward.
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?? 1 Peter 13-4

• ?3? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
  Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us
  new birth into a living hope through the
  resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ?4?
  and into an inheritance that can never perish,
  spoil or fadekept in heaven for you.
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VI. Personal Response

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Jars of Clay (??) Discussion and Sharing
Questions????????

• We are all jars of clay the important thing is
  whats in it?
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• When our resurrected life is at work in full
  force, our outer man can also be victorious.
  (already but not yet)
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• Share your view about this treasure in jars of
  clay.
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• We are composed of two parts The outer man and
  the inner man.
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• You can become younger and more lively. How can
  you do that?
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• What should be our priority?
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Jars of Clay (??)Challenging Thoughts (?????)

• As we get older, we can get younger.
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• Whats inside of you? Treasure or junk?
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• The treasure inside makes a person valuable.
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• You can be victorious over lifes hardships and
  challenges.
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• Already but not yet The state of our resurrected
  life.
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