Bible Study September 20, 2023
2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (ESV)
7 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.”
Wow did I need this today? It seems at times that Satan is constantly on attack it seems that way because he always is on attack. There are times in our lives that we are bombarded with stuff and it seems at times we are unable to cope with it. But keep in mind God is greater than anything Satan can do to us.
Satan is at work to bring us down. As we live our lives we must understand that when we grow in character, faith, and belief that we will defeat Satan and his attempts to destroy us, our ministries, our families, everything he can down he will and then with all that he offers an eternity in hell away from God. Seems like an easy choice to make.
We are attacked, hunted down, perplexed anything negative Satan will do and yet people follow after him in many cases diligently. 2 Corinthians tells us when things happen to us do not get discouraged. We carry Jesus’ death with us as a treasure in cracked and chipped earthen vessels. This gives the poser and passion to get up and move again.
We need to brace for the next blow because it will come as long as we are faithful to Jesus satan will attack. We may also be picking ourselves up from the last but Jesus is there to help us fight back and get back in the fight once again.
With Jesus in our life we may be knocked down but never knocked out.
God Bless.
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