Effective Preaching Workshop 2024: 2 Corinthians 3:1-5:10

2 Corinthians: Strength in Weakness (sermon series preached Spring 2024)

1. 2 Cor. 1:1-11 – Comfort in Affliction
2. 2 Cor. 1:12 – 2:17 – When People & Plans Fail
3. 2 Cor. 3 – Glory to Glory
4. 2 Cor. 4 – Don’t Give Up
5. 2 Cor. 5:1-10 – Faith, Not Sight
6. 2 Cor. 5:9 – 6:2 – Compelled by Love
7. 2 Cor. 6:3 – 7:16 – Joys & Sorrows of Ministry
8. 2 Cor. 8 – Joyful Giving, Part 1
9. 2 Cor. 9 – Joyful Giving, Part 2
10. 2 Cor. 10 – Commended by Christ
11. 2 Cor. 11:1-15 – Don’t Be Deceived
12. 2 Cor. 11:16 – 12:10 – Sufficient Grace
13. 2 Cor. 12:11 – 13:10 – Fatherly Warning
14. 2 Cor. 13:11-13 – Final Exhortations

2 Cor. 3:1 – 5:10 – Enduring Hope

• Section Main Idea: Through the New Covenant, we have an enduring hope that empowers us to endure until the end.

2 Corinthians 3 – Glory to Glory

Main Idea: The New Covenant brings radical, spiritual transformation to a Christian’s life.

• 1-6
  • Faithful followers of Christ are living .
    • APPLICATION: People are better than papers.
  • New Covenant transformation brings spiritual change.
• 7-11
  • New Covenant transformation brings greater . (v. 7-8)
  • New covenant transformation brings . (v. 9)
  • New Covenant transformation to the end. (v. 10-11)
    • APPLICATION: The more you spend time with the Lord, the more you reflect his glory to the world.
  • 12-18
    • New Covenant transformation produces ! (v. 12-16)
    • New Covenant transformation produces ! (v. 17)
    • New Covenant transformation produces ! (v. 18)
      • APPLICATION: If you have a friend/loved one who seems blind to the glory of the gospel, be bold and pray for the Holy Spirit to do His work.

2 Corinthians 4 – Don’t Give Up

Main Idea: Don’t give up.

• 1-6
  • Don’t give up because Christ has the darkness.
    • APPLICATION: No one is too far out of God’s reach.
  • 7-15
    • Don’t give up because God’s ________ is greater than our ________.
    • Don’t give up because God hasn’t on you.
    • Don’t give up because better are ahead.
    • Don’t give up because God has a  in your pain.
      • APPLICATION: Faith in Christ moves us to action; it energizes us to keep going, to keep living and speaking for Christ.
    • 16-18
      • Don’t give up because what you ________ is greater than what you ________.
        • APPLICATION: What is it that you’re tempted to give up on today? Don’t give up because God’s not done with you yet.

2 Corinthians 5:1-10 – Faith, Not Sight

Main Idea: In Christ, we have the confident hope of an eternal dwelling that fuels our endurance..

• 1-6
  • Death, Resurrection, and the Intermediate State
  • God’s end game is a resurrected  on a resurrected ________.
    • APPLICATION: Live in the hope of eternity.
  • 7-10
    • The confident hope of an eternal dwelling motivates us to walk by ________ and not by ________.
    • The confident hope of an eternal dwelling motivates us to be ________ to the Lord.
      • APPLICATION: Run the race with endurance in such a way as to win the prize.

Corporate applications in 2 Corinthians 3:1 – 5:10:

• The ________ of effectiveness/health in ministry

• ________ in the New Covenant

• Endurance is a ________