TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:7

TITLE: THE CHRIST IN ME VERSUS WHAT OTHERS SEE

INTRODUCTION

A. Sometimes, I feel inadequate, insufficient and incapable. Why?

B. Sometimes, others make me feel inadequate, insufficient and incapable. Why?

WE HAVE

A. Who is “We?”

B. “We” are “We”

THIS TREASURE

A. What is “This Treasure?”
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. The Light</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Of the Gospel</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. Of the Glory of Christ</p>
B. What makes it a “Treasure?”

IN CLAY POTS

A. We are made of dirt…
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground” (Gen 2:7)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">a. Dust = loose earth, clay</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">b. Ground = Adhamah = ground, earth. [Note: Adam = Adham]</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” (Gen 3:19)</p>
B. Elements in the human body
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. 99% of the body is made up of 6 elements</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium, Phosphorus</p>
C. Elements in dirt
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Dirt has the same 6 primary elements as the human body in different proportions</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium, Phosphorus</p>
D. Value of elements in the human body
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Between $5.00 and $160.00</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. The value of the human body is not in the elements alone</p>
OUR GREAT POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT OURSELVES

A. My value does not come from me. My value comes from what [Who] is within me…

B. A pot, is a pot, is a pot…

C. My being used by God is God’s choice and not my charm

DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE DEVIL…
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<p style="text-align: center;">CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">THAT I WILL FOCUS ON THE CHRIST IN ME VERSUS WHAT OTHERS SEE</p>