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It is said that the word “thanksgiving,” in one or another of its forms, flows
from the heart and pen of Paul more than 50 times, while in all the rest of
the New Testament Scriptures it is found only 21 times...
...What a contrast this was to the pagan world about him!...Five hundred years
of paganism showed its results in the great moral and spiritual depravity of
the Egyptian dynasties...
...Disrespect and Ingratitude...little wonder...
...in the passage we are considering to “our gospel” (II Cor. 4:3), he says:
We do not put diamonds and rubies and other precious items in
“earthen vessels.”...
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(CR Stam)
FULL study:
Gratitude Overflowing
GRACE And Peace...
“For all things are for your sakes, that the Abundant Grace might
through the thanksgiving of many redound to the Glory of God.”
—II Cor. 4:15
It is said that the word “thanksgiving,” in one or another of its forms, flows
from the heart and pen of Paul more than 50 times, while in all the rest of
the New Testament Scriptures it is found only 21 times...
...What a contrast this was to the pagan world about him!...Five hundred years
of paganism showed its results in the great moral and spiritual depravity of
the Egyptian dynasties...
...Disrespect and Ingratitude...little wonder...
...“God...gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves” (Rom. 1:24)...
...how did Paul combat heathenism in his day?......in the passage we are considering to “our gospel” (II Cor. 4:3), he says:
“But we have this Treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the Power May Be Of God, and not of us” (Ver. 7).
We do not put diamonds and rubies and other precious items in
“earthen vessels.”...
"
(CR Stam)
FULL study:
Gratitude Overflowing
GRACE And Peace...