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“THE TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS"
2 Cor. 4:7 

I. WHAT MAKES A THING A TREASURE? 

1. Source from whence received. John 17:5  2. Cost of the article. 1 Pet. 1:18,19  3. Scarcity of the item. Gal. 1:6,7  4. Need for it. Rom. 1:16 II. THE APOSTLES WERE ORIGINAL VESSELS  1. Ambassadors. 2 Cor. 5:20  2. Hear through them. John 17:20  3. Great Commission. Matt. 28:19,20  4. Faithful men speak same words. 2 Tim. 2:2 III. THE VESSELS WERE FILLED:  1. As Jesus taught them. John 17:8  2. At baptism of Holy Spirit. Acts 2  3. They were given all things. 2 Pet. 1:3,4 IV. CASES WHERE EARTHEN VESSELS SERVED  1. Day of Pentecost. Acts 2 (Apostles)  2. Case of eunuch. Acts 8. (Faithful man)  3. Case of Saul. Acts 9 (Faithful man)  4. Case of Cornelius Acts 10 (Apostle Peter) V. SHOULD BEWARE OF IMITATIONS  1. Galatia had been "bewitched." Gal. 3:1  2. Thessalonica had been "troubled." 2 Thess. 1:7  3. Ephesus had to "try" some. Rev. 2:2 Sermon Outline by Thomas Winter Butterfield 


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