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4:1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,1 we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice2 cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants3 for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self4 is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
[1] 4:1
[2] 4:2
[3] 4:5
[4] 4:16
(ESV)
I've only been watching the Tour de France for about six years now, but last year's tour was the first I can remember in which no major drug scandal broke during the course of the race. Three years ago, of course, Floyd Landis was stripped of his yellow jersey because he was found guilty of using artificial testosterone to ride himself back into the lead. And this isn't a recent problem. I've read a history of the Tour and many racers have been found guilty of doping going back almost to the beginnings of the Tour nearly a hundred years ago. Some riders have even died as a result of their drug use.
I've often wondered, "What were they thinking?" Did they think they wouldn't get caught? Did they think somehow they were the only ones who could get away with it? Then this morning I was reading 2 Corinthians 4 and Paul's words in verse 4 struck me: "In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." So many people are blind to the light of the gospel because Satan has blinded them. They can't see the light of God's glory in Christ even when they're looking right at it.
The gospel of the glory of Christ is the greatest truth of all, of course. But I believe that Satan often "blinds" people to other truths as well. When someone has been blinded by the god of this age they can't see the truth about their sinful choices. As a result they are blind to sin's consequences. Instead of seeing the painful sorrow sin produces in our lives they only see the momentary pleasure or the short term benefits. The truth about both sin and the gospel are hidden from them. They can't see reality at all. They've been blinded. As a result they often turn to disgraceful and underhanded ways like some racers in the Tour have done. As God's people you and I must thank God "who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,'" that he "has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." Now we can see and know the truth.
Thankfully this means that we not only know the truth about the gospel, but we can also recognize the truth about our sin. Therefore, by God's grace we can do as Paul did and renounce "disgraceful, underhanded ways. We [can] refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word." How important this is! The world continually tries to seduce us into compromising the truth, condoning evil, or tolerating sin. As God's people who are no longer blind, like the apostle Paul we must stand firm for the truth. We must uphold it in our own lives and proclaim it without fear.
I've sometimes tried to debate with someone who has clearly been blinded by Satan. It never works. You can't argue an atheist out of atheism. You can't argue an evolutionist out of Darwinism. You cannot convince them of the truth by reasoned arguments, because they've been blinded by Satan and cannot see. Until the veil is lifted by the light of Christ, they will not comprehend the truth no matter how carefully reasoned your argument is. So if you know someone like that, live the truth of the gospel before them, and proclaim the truth of the gospel to them, and pray that the light of God's grace will shine in their hearts to enable them to clearly see the glory of God in Christ Jesus. Because it's an awful thing to be blind.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him:
“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
to cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
all the streams of Egypt.
26 “‘Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,
that you should make fortified cities
crash into heaps of ruins,
27 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted1 before it is grown.
28 “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.
29 Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’
30 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
33 “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD. 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
36 And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
[1] 37:27
(ESV)
Isaiah's reply to King Hezekiah took the form of another prophetic oracle against King Sennacherib. Isaiah prophesied that just as Sennacherib mocked Jerusalem and the living God, so would Jerusalem mock the Assyrian king. He recalled the insults that the Assyrians hurled at God and the boasts made about the Assyrians conquests. But God reminded the Assyrians through His prophet that they were but tools in His hands to accomplish His will. God threatened to put a hook in Assyria's nose and lead her back to the place from whence she came. As a sign that his word was true, God told Hezekiah that seedtime and harvest which had been disrupted by Sennacherib's siege would return to normal in the third year. God promises that a remnant will always remain for the Lord Almighty. Sennacherib was not going to enter Jerusalem, because God Himself would defend the city. The prophet's words were quickly confirmed when God sent the angel of the LORD against the Assyrian army that was laying siege to Jerusalem. In one night 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp were put to death. As a result, Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh. In a further fulfillment of the prophet's words, Sennacherib was slain with the sword by the hand of two of his own sons. Another son, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as king of Assyria. God's merciful kindness to King Hezekiah and the people of Judah was clearly on display. There could be no doubt that Isaiah was a true prophet of God. Every word the prophet spoke came true.
36:1 Transgression speaks to the wicked
deep in his heart;1
there is no fear of God
before his eyes.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
4 He plots trouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in a way that is not good;
he does not reject evil.
5 Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O LORD.
7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.
10 Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
11 Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the evildoers lie fallen;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.
[1] 36:1
(ESV)