Carrying around death (2 Cor 4:7-12) 2 Cor 4:7This treasure is the glorious good news about Christ. “Treasure” here refers to the Gospel. Then Paul compares the gospel minister to a piece of Palestinian pottery. To be God’s “vessel” is to be his instrument in carrying out a specific service—in this case, the gospel ministry....
James 4:3 Acts 4: 23-31 The Apostles Peter and John have been going about the work and mission of God, making Jesus known. And for their efforts they get arrested. Verse 23 By going back to where all the others were, this puts them all in danger. Verse 24 After their release, as soon as...
Gospel Confident Acts 4:12 If you want to make the claim that all religions are the same. No other religion makes this claim. No other religion as a certain claim of salvation. Now how can this verse Acts 4:12 make such a claim. Well let’s look at the context. Acts 4:8–12 Peter is filled with...
We tend to see hardship and suffering as negative and fight against them. But Paul saw them as positive and essential to the Gospel message. In this message pastor Tim looks at 2 Corinthians 8:7-12 where Paul tells us that our suffering, hardships and persecutions are all part of the Gospel message. Rather then fighting...
