We do experience a variety of afflictions, and Paul teaches that God uses those afflictions to work a weight of glory in us. The first opposites that Paul brings together are an outward man and an inward man. Paul says that our outward man is perishing but the inward man is being renewed. We don’t lose heart because we know […]

Paul quotes from Psalm 116 here. He has that same spirit of faith that David had. David let his heart cry out to God. He believed that the Lord was the one who delivered him. He glimpsed the Messiah that was promised, and his hope was resting in that Messiah to come. And out of his faith, David says, ‘I […]

Jars of clay were common, everyday jars, the type of thing that doesn’t last very long and isn’t very valuable. The great treasure is the message of salvation through faith in Jesus. The startling contrast between jars of clay and a treasure shows that the excellence of power is not in the jars of clay, is not in us as […]