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==  Earthen vessels of power ==

1 ¶  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received [[mercy]], we faint not;

2  But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4  In whom the [[gods|god]] of this [[165|world]] hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

5  For we preach not ourselves, but [[Christ]] Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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| Does the [[modern Christian]] live by [[faith]], [[hope]] and [[charity]]? 
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| Does the [[modern Church]] provide a [[daily ministration]] of [[pure Religion]] like the [[early Church]]?
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| What does it mean to be "commending ourselves to every man’s conscience"?
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| "The rejection of the gospel is here traced to the wilful blindness and wickedness of the human heart." <Ref>Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</Ref>
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| '''Questions'''
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| [[2 Corinthians 3]]:13  "...could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:" '''What was abolished...?'''
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| The word   in the Greek is not normally translated abolished. In other translations it appears as "passing away."
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| [[Titular]] | [[Benefactors]] | [[Republic]] | [[Democracy]] | 
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|  [[CCC|Contracts, Covenants and Constitutions]] | [[Early Church]] 
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|   [[Pure Religion]] | [[Christian conflict]] | [[Altars]] |  
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|  [[Corban]] | [[Public religion]] |  [[Sophistry]] | 
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| [[Civil law]] | [[Civil Rights]] | [[Civil Government]] 
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| [[CCC|Contracts, Covenants and Constitutions]] | [[Coach Dave Daubenmire]]
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| What are the [[Altars]] of [[clay and stone]] 
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| Who is your [[Patronus]]? 
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| Who is your [[Father]]?
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| Who is your [[Benefactors|Benefactor]]?
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| Are you engaged in [[covetous practices]]?
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| Have you need of [[repentance]]?
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| Will you gather in tens to exercise [[fervent charity]]?
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| Will you continue to apply for the [[reward of unrighteousness]] provided by [[legal charity]] through ''men who ''exercise authority'' one over the other''?
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6  For God, who [[commanded]] the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.



== We faint not ==

8 ¶  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9  [[Persecution|Persecuted]], but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

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.

11  For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

12  So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

13  We having the same spirit of [[faith]], according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

14  Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

15  For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

16  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

17  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.




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[[Category:2 Chronicles]]