03-30: More Important Things

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Thank you for joining us today for worship! We cap off our month long series on how to take our relationship with Christ deeper by looking at the more important things in life from 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9.

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2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9

[4:16] Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. [17] For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. [18] So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

[5:1] Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. [2] For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, [3] because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. [4] So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life. [5] And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

[6] Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. [7] For we walk by faith, not by sight. [8] We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. [9] So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.

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*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.

• Subject: Throughout the Scripture there are eternal truths. These truths are the true values of all true Christians. Our belief in these values shapes our thinking, our behavior and our hopes. These truths help us to understand eternity and our future home in Heaven. Let’s look briefly at these important eternal truths.

• Our Inner Man (Person) Is More Important Than Our Outer Man

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16

  • 1 Timothy 4:8

  • 1 Peter 3:4

  • Ephesians 3:16

• Our Future Is More Important Than The Present

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

  • Our momentary difficulties are producing for us a greater capacity (weight) to rejoice in Heaven. The greater the affliction produces greater rejoicing in Heaven.

  • Our heavenly spiritual body will supersede our earthly human body.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:49

  • Hebrews 11:15

• Eternal Things Are More Important Than Things That Are Temporal

  • Temporal or earthly things are bound by time, that is, they will eventually pass away.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:18

  • 1 John 2:17

    • The Invisible: Things that are invisible are more important than those that are visible.

      • 2 Corinthians 4:18

    • The Intangible: Things that are intangible, that is, things we cannot touch, are more important than those that are tangible or things we can touch.

      • 1 Peter 1:8

      • 2 Corinthians 5:7

• Heavenly Things Are More Important Than Earthly Things

  • Colossians 3:1-2

  • 1 John 2:17

  • Matthew 6:19-21