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welcome to back to the Bible Radio
featuring best-selling author and
internationally known Bible teacher Warren
Warren
weby Outlook determines outcome the kind
of Outlook you have on life is going to
determine how life is going to work out for
for
you if we walk by faith then we can
overcome obstacles we can glorify God we
can accomplish his will now if we walk by
by
sight before long we're going to get
discouraged and we're going to faint and
this is why Paul instructs Us in 2
Corinthians 4: 16 for which cause we
faint not that word faint means to lose
heart we do not lose heart now if
anybody had reason to be discouraged it
was Paul and yet Paul was not
discouraged Paul said I am not going to
faint I'm not going to lose heart I'm
going to read with you and study with
you today 2 Corinthians 4:16 through
55 this paragraph deals with three of
the major causes of
discouragement in the lives of of people
and Paul outlines and discusses these
three causes of discouragement he tells
us how to overcome them verse 16 of 2
Corinthians 4 here's the first cause of
discouragement ourselves
eles ourselves have you ever caused
yourself to be discouraged for which
cause we faint not but though our
outward man perish or it's present now
is perishing though the outward man is
perishing yet the inward man is being
renewed day by day now if you look at
the outward man you'll get discouraged I
don't care how old you are or how young
you are the outward man is per
ising they're just something about life
that makes us get older God has ordained
that parents are older than their
children and grandparents are older than
their grandchildren and we're all going
to get older and as we get older the
outward man perishes this is just a part
of everyday life now this doesn't mean
we shouldn't take care of ourselves our
body is God's Temple and we ought to
take good care of our bodies but even
apart from all of the exercise and the
good food and the vitamins and all that
we do to maintain strong healthy bodies
whether we like it or not the outward
man is
perishing it's a part of life that the
outward man perishes but more than that
Paul had been through some difficult
circumstances later on in 2 Corinthians
he tells us about some of these he had
spent a night and the day in the Deep he
had been beaten he had been in prison he
had gone without food he had had many
sleepless nights he was persecuted and
troubled and and exposed to death is it
any wonder the outward man was perishing
Paul put into one lifetime three
lifetimes of
service and so we look at ourselves and
we see the outward man perishing and we
can get discouraged we can't do the
things we used to be able to do we can't
run as fast as we used to be able to run
but you know the other side of the coin
is the inward man is being renewed day
by day now that's the focus the focus is
on the inward man we must take care of
the outward man you can't divide these
two you can't separate them but the
inward man experiences renewal and even
though the outward man may be subject to
Decay and deterioration and weakness no
matter what we do the inward man can go
from glory to glory through the ministry
of the spirit of God we read that in
chapter 3:1 18 but we all with unveiled
face beholding as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord are being transfigured
transformed into the same image from
glory to glory even as by the spirit of
the Lord and so when you spend time in
the word of God when you pray when you
worship when you meditate the spirit of
God takes the word of God and makes you
like the Son of God and that's that inward
inward
renewal and those three words at the end
of 2 Corinthians 4:16 are so important
day by day now verses 17 and 18 of 2
Corinthians 4 Paul says there's a second
cause of discouragement and that's our
circumstances for our light Affliction
which is but for a moment worketh for us
a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of Glory while we look that's our part
now God will do his part if we'll do our
part while we look not at the things
which are seeing
but at the things which are not seen the
invisible the
imperishable for the things which are
seen are temporal but the things which
are not seen are Eternal when you walk
by faith then you can overcome
circumstances now he gives us a a list
of contrasts here we have affliction
contrasted with
Glory light Affliction contrasted with a
weight of
Glory momentary light
Affliction contrasted with ET Eternal
weight of Glory light Affliction which
is working against us in the outward man
working for us in the inward man because
we are not looking at the visible we're
looking at the invisible now the world
doesn't understand this because they
walk by
sight the world says well seeing is
believing that's foolish believing is
seeing because we believe the word of
God we are able to see what other people
cannot see Joseph discovered that in
Egypt 13 years he had to wait before he
was delivered but all of that trouble
was working for him Calvary is the
greatest illustration of this if
anything looked like defeat it was
Calvary and yet look what happened three
days later Glory our lord Jesus arose
from the dead and uh accomplished the
great miracle of redemption so don't
look at yourself the outward man take
care of the inward man and when you look
at your circumstances don't look at God
through your
circumstances look at your circumstances
through God walk by faith and not by
sight now chapter 5 the first five
verses he gives us a third cause of
discouragement death he deals very very
courageously with death you know death
is going to come The Last Enemy is death
whatever problems you may face if you
can't solve the problem of death you
won't solve anything death is the big
question every philosophers has had to
wrestle with the matter of death for we
know that if our Earthly House of this
Tabernacle were taken down Paul Compares
your body to a tent Paul was a Tent
Maker you'll remember we have a building
of God a house not made with hands
Eternal in the heavens this is not our
Heavenly Mansion of John 14 this is the glorified
glorified
body Paul is saying right now I'm living
in a tent and the real me is not this
tent you can take down the tent and I'll
still survive because that's the inner
man and I'm going to have a glorified
body an eternal home not a tent but a
house a permanent dwelling in the
heavens the one we have now is rather
temporary it's a tent and it's kind of
falling apart isn't it for in this we
groan well what are we groaning about
earnestly Desiring to be clothed upon
with our house which is from Heaven what
he's saying is this I am waiting for
Jesus to come because then my tent won't
be taken down that's death rather I will
receive a new body we shall all be
changed and this old body of mine shall
be transformed I receive a new body I
shall be clothed
upon with my house from Heaven if so be
that being clothed we shall not be found
naked for we that are in this Tabernacle
this tent this this Earthly house now
that we live in do gran being
burdened now what's he burdened about
not that we would be unclothed not that
I would die you see he he Compares dying
to taking down a tent and he Compares
dying to taking off clothing he says
when I if I should die my spirit will
leave this body and my spirit will go to
be with the
Lord but uh I'm not looking for death
I'm looking for the Lord Jesus to come
back we're burdened not that we would be
unclothed a Christian because because
they know they're going to heaven don't
go around seeking death they aren't
morbid about it he said we don't want to be
be
unclothed but clothed upon that
mortality that's our present body given
to death might be swallowed up of life
it's a beautiful picture Paul says when
Jesus Christ returns my my present
situation will change dramatically we
shall see him we shall be like him
and my mortality will be swallowed up
with life and this old tent will be
replaced with a wonderful new body Paul
is saying here that um God's people have
a wonderful future ahead of them because
um they know where they're going they're
going to
heaven how do you know this now he that
hath wrought us for the very same thing
is God God's purpose is to give us a new
body salvation doesn't just involve
saving your soul or redeeming your soul
or sanctifying your soul your salvation
also includes the whole person Body Soul
and Spirit and one of these days you're
going to have a wonderful new body now
if we should die take down the tent take
off this Garment of Flesh and go on to
be with him in heaven one day we shall
share with him marvelous eternal glory
that should encourage encourage us today
how do you know it's true well God has
given unto us the earnest of the spirit
the deposit the guarantee that word
earnest is a Greek word for engagement
ring did you know that the holy spirit
is God's engagement ring God's deposit
God's down payment saying Heaven is on
the way you're going to have a new body
the Holy Spirit lives in your body and
he experiences with you the groanings of
your body and he's promising you that
one day you are going to have a new body
well don't quit don't quit because of
yourself or your circumstances or death
Jesus Christ has overcome live by faith
look at the invisible and lay hold of
the things that are Eternal and God will
heart let's talk about living
confidently living optimistically living
joyfully not because of our feelings or
our circumstance es but really in spite
of them 2 Corinthians 5:
6-10 Paul talks about confident
Christian Living therefore we are always
confident knowing that while we are at
home in the body we are absent from the
Lord for we walk by faith not by sight
we are confident I say and willing
rather to be absent from the body and to
be present with the Lord wherefore we
labor that whether present or absent we
may be accepted of him for we must all
appear before the Judgment seat of
Christ that everyone may receive the
things done in his body according to
that he hath done whether it be good or
bad twice he says here we are confident
verse six he says we are always
confident our English word confident
means with faith the Greek word means to
be bold to be courageous facing life
courageously one of the first cousins of
this word in the Greek language is a
word that Jesus used often be of good
cheer be of good cheer he said to the
paralytic be of good cheer your sins are
forgiven you he said to the woman who
had been sick for those 12 Years be of
good cheer and of course he healed her
when the disciples were frightened in
the storm our lord said be of good cheer
it is I don't be afraid to the blind man
at Jericho he said now be of good cheer
and he healed them when the disciples
were so discouraged there in the upper
room Jesus said be of good cheer I have
overcome the world in Acts chapter 23
when Paul was in prison the Lord Jesus
came to him and said be of good cheer
Paul don't give up you have witnessed
for me at Jerusalem and you're going to
Bear witness for me at Rome now that's
the kind of of a life God wants us to
live he doesn't want us to be walking
around discouraged
defeated fearful timid afraid to see the
day Dawn he wants us to face life with
cheerful bold courageous
confidence and Paul gives to us three
reasons why we can do this reason number
one Heaven is our
destination you know my friend when you
know where you're going and you know
you're going to get there whatever
happens in between you can accept it and
you can thank God for it and the longer
we live on this Earth we have more and
more friends and loved ones up there in
heaven don't we Heaven is our
destination and Paul says that we are
walking by faith now how do we know that
we're going to go to heaven in verse 5
Paul has told us we have the earnest of
the spirit the deposit of the spirit the
guarantee the down payment the
engagement ring
and we know we're going to heaven and so
we can face life with cheerful
confidence because heaven is our
destination whether we Face life or
death trial tribulation difficulty
pressure economic difficulties physical
problems one of these days we're going
to be in heaven and the thing that
worries you and perplexes you and
burdens you today a hundred years from
now you'll never think about it again
here's reason number number one Heaven
is our destination now verse 9 of 2
Corinthians 5 here's the second reason
why we can face life cheerfully
confident with the kind of optimism that
enables us to overcome pleasing Jesus
Christ is our motivation oh what life
does to you depends upon what life finds
in you why are you living why are you
doing what you're doing well let's read
Paul verse ver 9 wherefore we labor
wherefore we are ambitious wherefore we
make it our
aim wherefore we labor that whether
present or absent whether up in heaven
or on Earth we may be accepted of him
now that word accepted means well
pleasing it's a good word well pleasing
there are only three ways you can live
you can live to please yourself that's
the lowest way to live you get bored you
get selfish you get all wrapped up in
yourself it's a boring kind of a life
you can live to please others that could
be slavery now there is a kind of
pleasing others that is spiritual Paul
talks about it in Romans 15 let every
one of us please his neighbor for his
good to edification there is there is
the an attitude of service that is good
but if you live just to please others
you'll end up in slavery and
bondage Paul said we make it our
ambition to please Christ to be well
pleasing to him this is a good little
word well well pleasing it's used a
number of times in the New Testament how
are we well pleasing to Christ well
Romans 121 and2 tells us that when we
surrender to him give him our bodies
it's well pleasing that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable that
word acceptable is this word well
pleasing and perfect will of God so
surrender is well pleasing to him in
Ephesians CH 5 and: 10 Paul warns the
Ephesian Christians about separation
he says you had better get out of the
things of sin proving what is acceptable
unto the Lord so separation pleases the
Lord that word acceptable means well
pleasing in Philippians 4:18 Paul gives
thanks for the money that the Philippian
church had sent him and he said that
their sacrifice was well pleasing
acceptable to God and so surrender is
well pleasing to God Romans 121 and2 and
separation is well pleasing to God
Ephesians 5 510 sacrifice is well
pleasing to God submission to one
another is well pleasing to God Paul
writes to the children in Colossians
chapter 3 and tells the children obey
your parents in all things this is well
pleasing unto the Lord Colossians 3:20
and so submission to Authority is well
pleasing to God and then there's that
great benediction over in Hebrews in
Hebrews chapter 13 where he tells us
that the God of Peace verse 20 it
brought again from the dead our lord
Jesus that great Shepherd of the sheep
make you perfect in every good work to
do his will working in you that which is
well pleasing in his sight through Jesus
Christ so service sanctity and service
are well pleasing to God now if you live
to please the Lord Jesus Christ I
guarantee you will be courageous and
confident and optimistic if you live to
please yourself you'll be miserable you
live to please others you'll be in
bondage but if you live to please Jesus
then you can serve others and he'll care
for you and life will be a marvelously exciting
exciting
thing we can face life with cheerful
confidence because heaven is our
destination and pleasing Christ is our
motivation now verse 10 of 2 Corinthians
5 Christ's reward is our
anticipation now the Judgment seat of
Christ is not the great white Throne
judgment the white Throne Sinners are
going to be judged and cast into hell
the Judgment seat of Christ is that um
experience when Believers will face the
Lord Jesus give an account of their
Ministry we're not going to face our
sins they are taken care of they're
removed from you as far as the East is
from the West they're buried in the
depths of the sea they're blotted out
they're carried away they're forgotten
but you know your Works your Works my
works are going to be judged by the Lord
the Judgment seat of Christ is going to
be a place of revelation we must all
appear that word means be revealed you
see we don't see each other today we
don't really know each other we don't
know the thoughts and the intents of the
heart we don't know the motivations of
the heart but character and motives are
going to be revealed at the Judgment
seat of Christ so it's a place of
Revelation it's a place of Reckoning
where God is going to look at our works
our service to see whether or not we've been
been
faithful Paul says that we should be
faithful 1 Corinthians 4:2 moreover it
is required in stewards that a man be found
found
faithful and so it's a place of
Reckoning where God is going to decide
how faithful we have been it's a place of
of
recognition we're going to be recognized
for the work we have done to the glory
of God many of God's servants have never
been recognized adequately this is why
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:5
therefore judge nothing before the time
don't don't evaluate a person's life or
Ministry too
soon why until the Lord come who both
will bring to light the hidden things of
darkness and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts and then shall
every man have Praise of God now that
encourages me he says every man is going
to have some praise from God no matter
how much we have stumbl no matter how
much we have failed there's going to be
recognition for everyone every believer
will have some kind of recognition from
Jesus it's a place of revelation we must
all be revealed there it's a place of
Reckoning the Deeds Done in the body a
place of recognition a place of reward
everyone may be receive the things done
in his body whether they be good or
worthless he's not dealing here with sin
he's dealing with service whether or not
we have served the Lord and done it in
his power for his glory so it's going to
be a place where reward and I believe
everyone will get some kind of reward
this is what Paul says in 1 Corinthians
chapter 4 that uh everyone shall receive
some Praise of God then shall every man
have Praise of God 1 Corinthians
4:5 well the Judgment seat of Christ is
a great anticipation if you're walking
to please the Lord and to live for him I
know we're going to face him we're going
to have to have our works examined but
our God is is a gracious loving God and
uh he is going to be just and merciful and
and
righteous so my friend you and I can
face life cheerfully confident because
heaven is our
destination and pleasing Christ is our
motivation and Christ's reward is our
anticipation so be of good cheer you're
going to heaven be of good cheer you're
living to please the Lord Jesus be of
good cheer one day he will give you your reward
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