Today’s Word
Flying Feet
“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Overcome – Tribulation is inevitable, if you’re following. It’s not continuous (God be praised), but it’s certainly going to show up sometime. The only way to avoid it is the Judas solution – betrayal. Of course, we can betray…
The Crush
“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Tribulation – If we learned anything about the weight of glory, it’s this: followers of Jesus know about the crush. Thlipsis, to crush, squeeze, press, to break. The ones who travel with the Master know what it’s like to…
The Weight of Glory (7) Finally, It’s Just Above and Beyond
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” 2 Corinthians 4:17 Far beyond all comparison – Well, it actually doesn’t say this. Here we have a Greek idiom. So, the translators have given us the thought behind the words, not the words themselves. Literally, it says,…
Weight of Glory (6) Now the Heavy Stuff
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” 2 Corinthians 4:17 Weight of Glory – Matthew 20:12. Acts 15:28. Galatians 6:2. Heavy loads. Heavy guilt. Heavy consequences. This word (baros) paints of picture of things too burdensome to bear. But in this verse it is combined…
The Weight of Glory (5) Times Three
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” 2 Corinthians 4:17 Eternal – Greek has three different words for temporal durations. One is chronos. Time lapse in measured intervals. A clock is a chronometer – a time measuring device. The second is kairos. Eventful time. The…
The Weight of Glory (4) The Exclamation Point
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” 2 Corinthians 4:17 Is Producing – What is happening to us? What are all these trials and tribulations really about? “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as if they’re here to stay.” So…
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