“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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