2 Corinthians 4 and verse 1 reads.
2Cor.4:1] Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
We have the word and are ready to be sent. Let’s go to Isaiah and read.
Isa.6:8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Back to 2Cor.4 and verse 2 reads.
2Cor.4:2] 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.
Not as false teachers, but teachers of truth, we teach the Word of God.
2Cor.4:3] But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
[4] In whom the god of this 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.
Some have eyes to see and some don’t. Now notice we have two gods, the first is the antichrist, the second is our Father. One capitalized the other not.
2Cor.4:5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
[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.
With Christ in our hearts, it is his light that shines through us for the world to see. And the glory of God is seen through the face of Jesus Christ. Teach the gospels of Christ.
2Cor.4:7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
[8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
The power of God overcomes the flesh, because we have the truth.
2Cor.4:9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Destroyed is Apollumi in the Greek, G622 and means to perish. On the contrary, we will be saved. Teaching the word of God will bring on persecution from those that hate Christ.
2Cor.4:10] 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.
Made known to others by our ministry of Jesus Christ. Christ crucified.
2Cor.4:11] 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.
Mortal is liable to die, speaking of the flesh body and not of our souls.
2Cor.4:12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
Speaking always the truth, we face death. That is the Devil. Heb.2:14.
2Cor.4:13] 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;
We find in Psalms 116:7-14 and it reads.
Psa.116:7] Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
[8] For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
[9] I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
[10] I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
[11] I said in my haste, All men are liars.
[12] What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
[14] I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
This is why we teach what the LORD has opened our eyes to. Back to 2Cor.4 and verse 14 reads.
2Cor.4:14] Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
Nobody is stuck in a hole in the ground, we are raised at the death of our flesh. And our spirit returns to the Father who gave it. Ecc.12:7.
2Cor.4:15] For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
They sacrificed to get the word to us.
2Cor.4:16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Our souls get to reap the rewards while we are in the flesh. The flesh dies so our spirit may live.
2Cor.4:17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
The flesh dies but the reward is great.
2Cor.4:18] 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.
This world is temporal, but our promise is eternal. We must take the word to the world, and expect tribulations for doing so. But afterwards we will have eternal peace. Let’s go to his throne.
Father, we thank you for your word and ask that you bless all that love you in Jesus’s precious name, Amen.
KJV along with The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible