The sermon on Sunday, July 27, 2025, will be from 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 – Crooked Sticks and Straight Lines.  “… treasure in jars of clay …” – 2 Corinthians 4:7

Back in the days of ‘cold, hard cash’, people stored their life’s savings in unlikely places. $100 bills wound up in freezers, between box-springs and mattresses, and in out-houses! Well, under these ‘new covenant’ days, God has hidden his gospel treasure in an unlikely place – “… in jars of clay, …”. What is Paul communicating with the metaphor? He is highlighting the fragility of the ‘jars’ (Christian ministers and witnesses) and the inestimable value of the ‘treasure’ (the gospel of Christ). Really?? Would God the Father Almighty (who has the hosts of heaven at his disposal) use redeemed sinners to assist in announcing his eternal purpose in Christ to the nations? Paul would say, “Yes!! That is exactly right!!” Ponder the profundity of this and view yourself as a jar of clay which contains eternal riches for the benefit of spiritually bankrupt human beings all around you.

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