We do not lose heart

I. Treasure in Earthen Vessels 4:7-12

A.  Four Paradoxical Statements  7-9
    
    1.  Hard pressed on every side – yet not crushed.
    2.  Perplexed, but not in despair
    3.  Persecuted, but not forsaken.

B.  Life and Death  10-12

    1.  Carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus/
    That the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body

    2.  Delivered to death for Jesus' sake/
    That the life of Jesus may be manifested

    3.  Death in us (Paul and the Apostles)
    Life in you (Corinthians and those who hear the gospel)

II. The Spirit of Faith 4:13-15

Romans 8:11, 16-17
Psalm 116

III. Seeing Things as They Really Are 4:16-18

Outward man perishing / inward man being renewed
Light momentary affliction / weighty eternal glory
Not looking at what we can see / we look at the unseen.
The temporary / what is eternal