Every Picture Tells a Story — Part Two
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February 5, 1989

Every Picture Tells a Story — Part Two

by Alistair Begg

2 Corinthians 2:14–3:3
 (ID: 1382)

Ministry can be daunting—so much so, in fact, that in his second letter to the church at Corinth, the apostle Paul wondered, “Who is equal to such a task?” Alistair Begg walks us through Paul’s answer to this probing question. Through a series of powerful images and illustrations, Paul shows that what sets true Christian ministers apart from the false teachers of his day—and ours—isn’t fame, profit, or success. Instead, it’s a sincere commitment to personal integrity, self-forgetfulness, and the proclamation of the Gospel.

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2 Corinthians 2:14–17

14But jthanks be to God, who in Christ always kleads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads lthe fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among mthose who are being saved and among nthose who are perishing, 16oto one a fragrance from death to death, oto the other a fragrance from life to life. pWho is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:1–3

Ministers of the New Covenant

1qAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, ras some do, sletters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2tYou yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our1 hearts, to be known and read by all. 3And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of uthe living God, not on vtablets of stone but on wtablets of xhuman hearts.2

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.