I am a Jar Made of Clay (and God has molding to do- Part 1)

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Paul’s dissenters thought he suffered too much to be Spirit-filled, that he was weak and tossed about in his person (his trials, imprisonments, etc.), that his life did not represent the authority of God.

But what this letter does is open the unseen of Paul’s life. I landed on this threshold of suffering because I am a jar made of clay. And God has molding to do.

God molded, and molded, and molded Paul for his entire ministry. Paul’s suffering was his witness.

I want God to mold, and mold and mold me for my entire ministry. I am told I can count on suffering, as Paul says—being hard pressed on every side, perplexed, persecuted, struck down.

I have landed on the threshold of suffering. Paul’s discourse will help me raise my spiritual game.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Episode 72. Part 1 I am a Jar Made of Clay (and God has molding to do)

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