There's More Part 1

Sermon Notes of II Corinthians 4:16-5:21[1]
Readings: Romans 7:22; II Corinthians 11:23-33; Ephesians 3:16; 4:24
There’s More (II Corinthians 4:16-18)
I. We Faint (Fail in Heart) Not (4:16).
  A. Our inner man is being renewed: Christian growth and maturity
    1. Outward man (physical body[2]) is decaying (being destroyed)
    2. Inner man: immaterial body (Rom. 7:22; Eph. 3:16; 4:24; Col. 3:10)[3]
  B. We have an eternal weight of glory coming (4:17).
    1. Afflictions Produce: work fully; work out; accomplish[4]
      1a. Affliction (Gr. “thlip-say-ohs”; pressure, anguish, persecution) (II Cor. 11:23-33)
      2a. For a moment
      3a. Light (easy): Quickly passing[5]; Transient[6]
    2. Weight of glory: Glory with Christ
      1a. Outweighs earthly suffering (Rom. 8:17-18; I Pt. 4:13)[7].
  C. We do not look at (consider; heed) unseen (eternal) things (4:18).
    1. Seen things are temporary.
II. Are You Having trouble with Heart Failure[8]? There’s More.
  A. Draw near to Christ (James 4:7-10)[9].
  B. Take trials with joy (James 1:2-4).
  C. Focus on eternal things (I Jn. 2:16, 17).

[1] June 8, 2025 Renewal Bible Fellowship and Mount Pleasant Christian Church of Hall
[2] (MacArthur, 2005)
[3] (Johnson, 1889)
[4] Working (NASB); Preparing (ESV)
[5]  (Geneva Bible Translation Notes, 1599)
[6] (Meyer, 1914)
[7] (MacArthur, 2005)
[8] Spiritual heart failure
[9] Submit to God.