Today's Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (ESV)
17 For ithis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 jas 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.
i Rom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10; [Ps. 30:5; Isa. 54:7]
j ch. 5:7; Rom. 8:24; Heb. 11:1, 13
Paul suggests that we ignore our worldly troubles to focus on matters that are spiritual and provide us with progressive transformation into the likeness of Jesus. Paul first sought to address divisions in the church, promote reconciliation, and then unity and harmony with God. He reminds us that everything in the world is temporary. The spiritual, on the other hand, is eternal, and that is what we are to be fixed upon.
Today's Comments: It is easy for us to stay in the world and demand things like justice, equality, and right treatment. But when we stay in the world, we forget the part that should be reminding us to love our neighbor. Demanding justice against our enemies does not lead us to loving them. If we love them first, then justice is not necessary. Like the late Dorothy Sayers said,
17 For ithis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 jas 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.
i Rom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10; [Ps. 30:5; Isa. 54:7]
j ch. 5:7; Rom. 8:24; Heb. 11:1, 13
Paul suggests that we ignore our worldly troubles to focus on matters that are spiritual and provide us with progressive transformation into the likeness of Jesus. Paul first sought to address divisions in the church, promote reconciliation, and then unity and harmony with God. He reminds us that everything in the world is temporary. The spiritual, on the other hand, is eternal, and that is what we are to be fixed upon.
Today's Comments: It is easy for us to stay in the world and demand things like justice, equality, and right treatment. But when we stay in the world, we forget the part that should be reminding us to love our neighbor. Demanding justice against our enemies does not lead us to loving them. If we love them first, then justice is not necessary. Like the late Dorothy Sayers said,
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