Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Kristen and my name is Katie and we want to spend a few minutes a day with you walking through the New Testament one chapter at a time.

This year we will fix our gaze upon Christ so that we may know

him, not only with our minds but with our hearts. Together we will learn that

who Jesus is changes everything.

Hello welcome back to a year in the Bible of daily grace. My name is Katie and it is my joy to walk with you through 2 Corinthians

in our year-long study of the New Testament.

Today we are studying 2 Corinthians in our year-long study of the New Testament.

Today, we are studying 2nd Corinthians 5,

and as always, you can follow along with the behold studies

in the Daily Grace Coast shop

or with a reading plan linked in the show notes.

As we discussed in chapter 4, clay jars

are not particularly impressive. They're common, they're prone to

shattering. This is what Paul uses to describe believers in Christ, clay jars who have been entrusted

with a priceless treasure. We are bodies made of dust, entrusted with the spirit of the living

God. By grace, God gives these temporary, fragile

bodies tremendous value and a hopeful future. Paul describes our future despite present-day sufferings like this in chapter 4 verse 17

for our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable weight of eternal glory.

Today Paul expands upon eternal glory by calling the Corinthians attention

above present-day sufferings to their true home in heaven.

Yesterday, Paul used the metaphor of clay pots,

and today he will describe our earthly bodies

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