Friday, September 11, 2015

Do not loose heart. 9/11/15

Day 252- Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/2Cor.4

2 Corinthians 4

The Light of the Gospel

4 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[b] cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants[c] for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.

13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self[d] is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.


Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Comprehending the Scriptures September 11th

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” JOHN 1:1

Comprehension is a vehicle of the Lord’s voice. Because of this, it is important to know what it means to “comprehend” in the biblical sense. The Greek word for comprehend is a compound word that means “putting things together in a way that causes you to grasp or understand something.” For example, the disciples did not understand the Scriptures until the Lord opened their mind to comprehend them (Luke 24:27-32). It was when He opened up the Old Testament, book by book, and unveiled Himself as its focus that they were able to comprehend the Scriptures. At that point, they could put everything together. They understood and comprehended the central meaning of the Scriptures.

To be able to put everything together and properly comprehend 261

the Scriptures, we need to know that the focus of God’s speaking is Christ (Heb. 1:1-2). Christ is the Word, the logos, God’s unique utterance embodied in one Person (John 1:1). When we see Christ as all in all, then we truly begin to comprehend the Scriptures. Furthermore, with this comprehension we are able to know the Lord’s speaking. Our comprehension of the proper focus of the Scriptures becomes the factor of the Lord’s speaking, and this speaking automatically gives us discernment concerning all other voices and speakings which are not the Lord’s.

In Ephesians 3:2-11 the apostle Paul unveils that God’s speaking comes through the proper comprehension of His eternal purpose. In verses 3-4 he says, 3 “How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in a few words, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ).” Paul had a comprehension of the mystery of Christ, which is the central focus of God’s heart’s desire. This was one of the main reasons that he had so much of the Lord’s speaking. God’s desire, as Paul unfolds it in Ephesians 3, is centered in Christ being expressed through the church to display God’s manifold wisdom to the universe. In verse 11 this is called “the eternal purpose,” or “the purpose of the ages.” Comprehending or understanding this purpose constitutes the main subject of all the Lord’s speaking.

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