II Corinthians 4:5-12

HIDDEN TREASURE: HIDDEN TREASURE: REVEALEDREVEALED

Hidden Treasure: Revealed

II Corinthians 4:5,6II Corinthians 4:5,6

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

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II Corinthians 4:7II Corinthians 4:7

“ “But we have this treasure in jars of clay…But we have this treasure in jars of clay…

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II Corinthians 4:7II Corinthians 4:7

“ “But we have this treasure in jars of clay But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”from God and not from us.”

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

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We Are:We Are: We Are Not:We Are Not:

• Hard-pressedHard-pressed The Difference: The Difference: PerseverancePerseverance• PerplexedPerplexed The Difference: The Difference: TrustTrust• PersecutedPersecuted The Difference: The Difference: God’s PresenceGod’s Presence

• Struck DownStruck Down The Difference: The Difference: We Get Back Up AgainWe Get Back Up Again

• CrushedCrushed

• In DespairIn Despair

• AbandonedAbandoned

• DestroyedDestroyed

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II Corinthians 4:10II Corinthians 4:10

“ “We always carry around in our body the We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”also be revealed in our body.”

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Our Mission:Our Mission:

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

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… …so that His life may be REVEALED in so that His life may be REVEALED in our mortal body.our mortal body.

-II Corinthians 4:11-II Corinthians 4:11