I. The Gospel Brings Light out of our Darkness 

TEXT ⁵ For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. ⁶ For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

II. The Gospel Is A Treasure Hidden in a Simple Clay Jar  

TEXT:   ⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. ⁸ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

III. The Gospel Brings the Life of God even when We Are Surrounded by Death 

TEXT:   ¹⁰ We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

CONCLUSION: Three Blessings of the Gospel (Good News of Jesus are 1) Light out of Darkness; 2) Treasure in a Clay Jar; 3) The Life of God when Surrounded by Death

Have you embraced this Gospel (The Good News of Christ the Risen Savior)?

I.福音帶我們出黑暗入光明

讀經：⁵ 我們原不是傳自己，乃是傳基督耶穌為主，並且自己因耶穌做你們的僕人。 ⁶ 那吩咐光從黑暗裡照出來的神，已經照在我們心裡，叫我們得知神榮耀的光顯在耶穌基督的面上。

II.福音是藏在瓦器中的珍寶

讀經：⁷ 我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裡，要顯明這莫大的能力是出於神，不是出於我們。 ⁸ 我們四面受敵，卻不被困住；心裡作難，卻不致失望； ⁹ 遭逼迫，卻不被丟棄；打倒了，卻不致死亡；

III. 在我們還是罪人時，福音帶來了永生

讀經： ¹⁰ 身上常帶著耶穌的死，使耶穌的生也顯明在我們身上。 ¹¹ 因為我們這活著的人是常為耶穌被交於死地，使耶穌的生在我們這必死的身上顯明出來。 ¹² 這樣看來，死是在我們身上發動，生卻在你們身上發動。

結論：耶穌基督福音中的三個祝福;1)出黑暗入光明；2)瓦器中的珍寶；3)賜世人永生

你已經接受了復活的救主耶穌基督的福音嗎？