A Portrait of Confidence
Robert Walker
2 Corinthians 4
We hear Paul say in II Corinthians 5:6 therefore we have confidence, In verse 8 Paul says we have confidence. If you bak up to II Corinthians 4:16 we hear Paul say therefore we do not lost heart.
Over and over again we hear Paul keep repeating himself that we can have confidence. There is a place that we can reach regardless of our circumstanc3es that we do not lost heart.
In Corinthias 4:16 There we do not collaspie. That there is a place of confidence in Christ where we do not have to collaspie.
Now the thing that impresses me about Paul is he practices what he preaches. He is not giving us something that he has not tried. He is not telling us something that he has not put into effect.
He is not telling us something that has not work because when you look at the summary of Pauls life He says this is the kind of life I have had to live for Jesus Christ.
And Paul says I have been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received 39 stripes from the Jews. Three times I was beaten with rods. I was stoned. I eas ship wreck three times.
And on top of that I spent one day and night in the open sea and I had to move around very often. Paul goes on toe say I had to face danger from many different aspects. I've faced danger in storms and from pagans. I've faced danger from fellow country men, gentiles in the city.
And danger in the country and danger on the high seas and from fellow Christians. I have faced danger on the high seas. And I had to go thrugh all of that and then on top of that you know that I have had the pressure of the concerns of the Churches.
So I know what it is to have to go through tribulation. I know what it is to go without food, sleep. I know what it is to be cold. I know what it is to be named. But in it all I have confidence.
In it all I say I will not lost heart. In it all not collaspie and that is why he gives to us the imaginery of Jesus Christ. I ...
Robert Walker
2 Corinthians 4
We hear Paul say in II Corinthians 5:6 therefore we have confidence, In verse 8 Paul says we have confidence. If you bak up to II Corinthians 4:16 we hear Paul say therefore we do not lost heart.
Over and over again we hear Paul keep repeating himself that we can have confidence. There is a place that we can reach regardless of our circumstanc3es that we do not lost heart.
In Corinthias 4:16 There we do not collaspie. That there is a place of confidence in Christ where we do not have to collaspie.
Now the thing that impresses me about Paul is he practices what he preaches. He is not giving us something that he has not tried. He is not telling us something that he has not put into effect.
He is not telling us something that has not work because when you look at the summary of Pauls life He says this is the kind of life I have had to live for Jesus Christ.
And Paul says I have been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received 39 stripes from the Jews. Three times I was beaten with rods. I was stoned. I eas ship wreck three times.
And on top of that I spent one day and night in the open sea and I had to move around very often. Paul goes on toe say I had to face danger from many different aspects. I've faced danger in storms and from pagans. I've faced danger from fellow country men, gentiles in the city.
And danger in the country and danger on the high seas and from fellow Christians. I have faced danger on the high seas. And I had to go thrugh all of that and then on top of that you know that I have had the pressure of the concerns of the Churches.
So I know what it is to have to go through tribulation. I know what it is to go without food, sleep. I know what it is to be cold. I know what it is to be named. But in it all I have confidence.
In it all I say I will not lost heart. In it all not collaspie and that is why he gives to us the imaginery of Jesus Christ. I ...
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