Sep 6, 2026 · 36 min · 8 segments
Keith Hunter preaching from 2 Corinthians on Sunday 6th Sep[tember 2026 at the evening service.
So what is the treasure? Well, I've indicated, I think, that we get some clues from that back in chapter three.
But he's speaking towards the end of our passage which we read about the glory of the gospel, the good news of Christ.
And the whole thing says, you follow his argument down through chapter three, you could say, well, it is the gospel itself, or perhaps it's service in the gospel, or this wonderful phrase of the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But I think probably you could gather together all three of these and say that that is what Paul is referring to as this treasure.
But in our personal experience, those of us who've come to know Christ as Savior, it is this, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
And that, if you follow down through the rest of the chapter, has as consequence, those who have been grasped by that, who have been illuminated by God himself, will have, must have a desire to pass that on.
Because he says later down, according, uh, the same spirit of faith, "According to that which has been written," in verse 13, "I believed, so I spoke." The two things are linked together in terms of the faith and the service and the speaking of the gospel.
You could go back to the parables and the gospels about the treasure in the field and the man who was prepared then to sell all that he had so that he might gain that.
And Paul realized in his understanding of what God had brought him to, that God working in us through the message of the gospel and God working in us, in the fact that he would change us and keep us keep on keeping on by our inner renewal, that it has come from one source, and that is the power of God himself.
And so whilst we see here that the phrase, "We do not lose heart," it is not because of the fact that we can conjure up all better feeling within ourselves.
It is that we must be consumed with the fact that God has given us his power, and that is not limited.
This great phrase of the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
That of inestimable worth is that which has been placed within each one of us who have come to know Christ as Savior.
Now, if you're here tonight, and you've never had that experience, what Dicky spoke of as that great exchange, of that which Christ has provided in salvation, and he wants to exchange our sinfulness and our unrighteousness and our wretchedness, and puts to our account his righteousness gained at the cross of Calvary, then this is something which will be of a concept foreign to you because you do not have this treasure residing in you.
Ordinary, fragile, 10 a penny, unadorned, unvalued, easily discarded, used for menial tasks.
You say, "Keith, you're just now being rude, aren't you?" But that's the picture.
Fits with the s- the teaching of the Lord Jesus himself, does it not? He says, "The one who will be Lord of all must be servant of all.
Those, if you have a desire and you want to be in the first place, well then you must take the lowest place." And when you think of the context and who is writing here, and we might think that we've maybe got something to be a little bit proud of, but in Ph- in Philippians, and also later on in 2 Corinthians, Paul lists out the things.
If he was going to be someone who had something that to you would boast about, Paul had it, and he had it in spades.
So what is the treasure? Well, I've indicated, I think, that we get some clues from that back in chapter three.
But he's speaking towards the end of our passage which we read about the glory of the gospel, the good news of Christ.
And the whole thing says, you follow his argument down through chapter three, you could say, well, it is the gospel itself, or perhaps it's service in the gospel, or this wonderful phrase of the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But I think probably you could gather together all three of these and say that that is what Paul is referring to as this treasure.
But in our personal experience, those of us who've come to know Christ as Savior, it is this, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
And that, if you follow down through the rest of the chapter, has as consequence, those who have been grasped by that, who have been illuminated by God himself, will have, must have a desire to pass that on.
Because he says later down, according, uh, the same spirit of faith, "According to that which has been written," in verse 13, "I believed, so I spoke." The two things are linked together in terms of the faith and the service and the speaking of the gospel.
You could go back to the parables and the gospels about the treasure in the field and the man who was prepared then to sell all that he had so that he might gain that.
And Paul realized in his understanding of what God had brought him to, that God working in us through the message of the gospel and God working in us, in the fact that he would change us and keep us keep on keeping on by our inner renewal, that it has come from one source, and that is the power of God himself.
And so whilst we see here that the phrase, "We do not lose heart," it is not because of the fact that we can conjure up all better feeling within ourselves.
It is that we must be consumed with the fact that God has given us his power, and that is not limited.
This great phrase of the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
That of inestimable worth is that which has been placed within each one of us who have come to know Christ as Savior.
Now, if you're here tonight, and you've never had that experience, what Dicky spoke of as that great exchange, of that which Christ has provided in salvation, and he wants to exchange our sinfulness and our unrighteousness and our wretchedness, and puts to our account his righteousness gained at the cross of Calvary, then this is something which will be of a concept foreign to you because you do not have this treasure residing in you.
Ordinary, fragile, 10 a penny, unadorned, unvalued, easily discarded, used for menial tasks.
You say, "Keith, you're just now being rude, aren't you?" But that's the picture.
Fits with the s- the teaching of the Lord Jesus himself, does it not? He says, "The one who will be Lord of all must be servant of all.
Those, if you have a desire and you want to be in the first place, well then you must take the lowest place." And when you think of the context and who is writing here, and we might think that we've maybe got something to be a little bit proud of, but in Ph- in Philippians, and also later on in 2 Corinthians, Paul lists out the things.
If he was going to be someone who had something that to you would boast about, Paul had it, and he had it in spades.
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