John Fischer The Catch

The Old Testament stories of biblical heroes are full of fallible people with questionable behavior. With the exception of maybe one or two like Joseph, men and women of faith in the Old Testament struggle and sin and fight and fail and God somehow weaves their story of faith into their lives to where His will was done and lessons are learned. The New Testament, especially the writings of Paul, present more of a balanced view with fewer examples of human weaknesses. That’s why this passage in 2 Corinthians where Paul reveals an inner struggle with his ability to believe God amidst human limitations is a rare opportunity to discover faith amidst doubt.

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Before we begin to look more deeply into this New Covenant passage in 2 Corinthians, we need to get one very important thing clear. It isn’t actually stated until further on into the passage although it is implied all along. Until you hear it clearly, you may miss it, because, as we said earlier, this perspective is contrary to our normal way of thinking. What I am referring to is found in the first verse of Chapter 4: “Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.” The key phrase being “this ministry.”

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This week we will take a trip through a passage in 2 Corinthians that we have long held is the least known, most necessary passage in all of scripture for living the daily Christian life. And if it is the least known but most necessary, that would mean a lot of people are living a sort of truncated experience of the Christian life — ourselves included, when we forget, which is often.

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