28/11/2025
TRUE DISCIPLES WILL BE EXALTED*
Topic For Adults:
*Future Exaltation:*
2 Cor. 4:8-17*
[8]We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.
[9]We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
[10]Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
[11]Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.
[12]So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.
[13]But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”
[14]We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.
[15]All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
[16]That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.
[17]For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! (NLT).
*SUMMARY*
*Believers are called to live a life of humility and sacrifice; they also face persecutions and afflictions.* _There are however great rewards awaiting those who endure to the end._
They are taken as special Treasures to God and an indescribable glory prepared for them in heaven.
*The rewards far exceed the sacrifice made.*
*POINT OF EMPHASIS:* To become truly great, seek to be a true disciple of Christ.
*PRAYER POINT:* I humble myself before You, O God, exalt me in due time.