2 Cor. 1:1-7 “Turning Tragedy Into Triumph” 2 Cor. 1:8-12- “How To Make It Through Rough Times” 2 Cor. 1: “Battlefield Mentality” 2 Cor. 2:1-11- “Cancer Of The Soul” 2 Cor. 2: “The Blessings Of Brokenness” 2 Cor. 3:1-3- “Somebody’s Reading Your Mail” 2 Cor. 3:4-11- “How To Have The Much More Life” 2 Cor. 3: “True Freedom“ 2 Cor. 3:18- “This Little Light Of Mine, I'm Going To Let It Shine” 2 Cor. 3, 4, 5 -“The Hiding Of The Gospel” 2 Cor. 5: 1-7- “Unlocking The Insecurities Of Life” 2 Cor. 5:8-13- “Turning Inside Out For God” 2 Cor. 5: “The Love Of Christ” 2 Cor. 5: “Being An Ambassador For Christ”

Surviving “This“ Ministry Surviving “This“ Ministry Text: 2 nd Corinthians 4

1.“This Ministry”: is not intended to cause “faint”. 2.“This Ministry”: is a life assignment. 3.“This Ministry”: begins with mercy. 4.“This Ministry”: grows in grace. 5.“This Ministry”: is the essence of life.

The Essence Of Life:  Life is a Trust. (2-7)  Life is a Test. (8-15)  Life is a Temporary Assignment. (16-18)

The Essence Of Life:  Life is a Trust. (2-7) 1.We have nothing to prove.(2a) 2.We have nothing to hide. (2b) 3.We have everything to lose. (3-7)

“I Surrender All” 2 nd Cor 4:1-2

Text: 2 nd Corinthians 4:3-6

2 nd Corinthians 4:7

II Timothy 2:20 – “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.”

The Essence Of Life:  Life is a Trust. (2-7)  Life is a Test. (8-15)  Life is a Temporary Assignment. (16-18)

The Essence Of Life:  Life is a Trust. (2-7)  Life is a Test. (8-15) 1.The Death Principle (8-12) 2.The Faith Principle(13) 3.The Grace Principle (14,15)

The Death Principle 2 nd Corinthians 4:8-124:8-124:8-12 4:8-12

May Be Surrounded But Always Has A Way Out

2 nd Corinthians 4:7

1st Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”1st Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

Our Leave! Text: Genesis 22 1 st Corinthians 10

May Be Puzzled, But Never Panics

2nd Timothy 1:7 – “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

May Be Persecuted, But Is Never Alone

Hebrews 13:5 – “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

May Be Knocked Down, But Never Knocked Out

May Be Surrounded But Always Has A Way Out May Be Puzzled, But Never Panics May Be Persecuted, But Is Never Alone

The Death Principle 2 nd Corinthians 4:8-124:8-124:8-12 4:8-12

2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

The Death Principle A CORPSELIKE DEATH4:8-12

The Death Principle A CONSTANT DEATH4:8-12

1 Corinthians 2:12 – “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

also we speak the Holy Ghost teacheth spiritual natural man receiveth not him spiritually 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

The Death Principle A CALLOUSED DEATH4:8-12

2 Corinthians 4:10 – “Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.”2 Corinthians 4:10 – “Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.” Romans 4:19 – “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb ”Romans 4:19 – “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb ”

The Death Principle A CALLOUSED DEATH4:8-12

1st Corinthians 15:31(b) – “…in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”

The Death Principle A CIRCADIAN DEATH4:8-12

Galatians 6:14 - “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”

The Death Principle A CONSPICUOUS DEATH4:8-12

John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:19-21 – “ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like : …”.Galatians 5:19-21 – “ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like : …”.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The Death Principle A CONSPICUOUS DEATH4:8-12 A CIRCADIAN DEATH4:8-12 A CALLOUSED DEATH4:8-12 A CONSTANT DEATH4:8-12 A CORPSELIKE DEATH4:8-12

The Death Principle A CONSPICUOUS DEATH4:8-12 A CIRCADIAN DEATH4:8-12 A CALLOUSED DEATH4:8-12 A CONSTANT DEATH4:8-12 A CORPSELIKE DEATH4:8-12