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Sunday Service: Struck Down but Not Destroyed

(09-26-2021) Sis. Precy

=Struck Down but Not Destroyed=

*2 Corinthians 4:8-9
"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."

*2 Corinthians 4:7-11
"7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

-jars of clay: easily-broken; damaged

8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

-perplexed: filled with uncertainty

-flattened, shaped or smoothed by the application of pressure, typically from an iron.

9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

-tormented, troubled, stressed, harassed
-struck down: tear down, fell to the ground

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.

11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.

*2 Corinthians 11:21-33
-in labors more abundant
-in stripers above measure
-in prisons more frequently
-faced death often
-from the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one
-three times I was beaten with rods
-once I was stoned
-three times I was shipwrecked

Pauls Instructions to Timothy
*2 Timothy 4:1-2,5
"1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.
5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Paul's Valedictory
*2 Timothy 4:6
"6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.