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The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 7:5-7 - God Comforts the Downcast (Ep. 35)God Comforts those who are downcast. He does this through His Holy Spirit, but also through other people.
"5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more."
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2023-05-0312 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 7:2-4 - Make Room In Your Hearts (Ep. 34)Paul makes a pastoral appeal to the church in Corinth to make room in their hearts for him. Sometimes the deceitfulness of sin can harden us away from a brother or sister who truly loves us in the Lord and desires to hold us accountable. Let us not be like the Corinthians! Make room in your heart for the work of grace God wants to do in you!
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2023-04-1914 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 6:16b-7:1 - God Dwells With Us (Ep. 33)God has given us His very great and precious promises so that we would live for Him and not for the world. We are continuing our devotional series through 2 Corinthians!
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2023-04-1215 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 6:14-16a - What Does it Mean to Be "Unequally Yoked"? (Ep. 32)Christians often say not to be "unequally yoked" with other people. What does that really mean? We are continuing our walkthrough of 2 Corinthians!
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2023-04-0315 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 6:11-13 - Don't Close Your Heart (Ep. 31)Oftentimes we can begin to close our heart to God and others. From a place of love, Paul encourages us to not let this happen! Join us as we continue our walkthrough of 2 Corinthians.
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2023-03-2710 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 6:3-10 - The Price of the Gospel (Ep. 30)What is the gospel worth? We are continuing our walkthrough of 2 Corinthians. Don't forget to subscribe, share, like and leave a comment!
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2023-03-2021 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 6:1-2 - Today is the Day of Salvation! (Ep. 29)1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,
“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. -2 Cor 6:1-2
2023-03-1318 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:21 - The Great Exchange (Ep. 28)21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. -2 Cor 5:21 (ESV)
The Great Exchange:
Jesus = sin-less
We = sin-ful
Jesus became sin for us
We become righteous through him
Read about Luther's discovery of God's righteousness in the gospel here
2023-02-0613 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:18-20 - Be Reconciled to God! (Ep. 27)18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[c] the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
The Bridge Method of Sharing the Gospel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gr0xXfR3L8
2023-01-3020 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:16-17 - Are You a New Creation? (Ep. 26)16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come -2 Cor 5:16-17
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2023-01-2318 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:11-15 - Controlled By Love (Ep. 25)11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that...
2023-01-1621 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:6-10 - We Walk By Faith (Ep. 24)6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or ev...
2023-01-0922 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 5:1-5 - Our Eternal Home (Ep. 23)Poem by C.T Studd: https://reasonsforhopejesus.com/only-one-life-twill-soon-be-past-by-c-t-studd-1860-1931/
Outline:
V.1 - Our Eternal Home allows us to TAKE RISKS for God
V.2-4 - We DEEPLY LONG for our Eternal Home
V.5 - God prepares us for our Eternal Home through the HOLY SPIRIT
1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on...
2022-12-1219 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 4:16-18 - You Troubles are Light & Momentary (Ep. 22)16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self[d] 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. -2 Cor 4:16-18
2022-12-0521 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 4:13-15 - Grace Extended = Increased Thanksgiving (Ep. 21)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. -2 Cor 4:13-15
2022-11-2114 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 4:7-12 - Your Suffering Has a Purpose (Ep. 20)"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 may also 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 wor...
2022-11-1422 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole BohnsackMy 2nd Sermon Ever Preached (2 Cor. 4:7-12)Hey everyone, this is the second sermon I ever preached. I was 17 years old at the time and had just come out of a trying year of depression and anxiety. My text was 2 Cor 4:7-12 and I spoke about how God's light shines through our weakness and sufferings. Give me grace with this sermon — I was unpolished, raw and awkward! But I look back and know God had gripped me with this passage.
2 Cor 4:7-12 - "7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us...
2022-10-3132 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 4:1-6 - I Once Was Blind (Ep. 19)"1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[b] 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...
2022-10-1718 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 3:17-18 - Where the Spirit of the Lord is: FREEDOM (Ep. 18)"17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." -2 Cor 3:17-18
2022-10-1015 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 3:12-16 - The Veil is Removed (Ep. 17)"12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed." -2 Cor 3:12-15
2022-10-0314 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 3:7-11 - The Ministry of the Spirit (Ep. 16)"7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if what was being brought to an end came with...
2022-09-2617 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 3:4-6 - God Makes Us Sufficient (Ep. 15)"4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." -2 Cor 3:4-6
2022-09-1915 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 3:1-3 - Written on Our Hearts (Ep. 14)"1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." -2 Cor 3:1-3
2022-09-1216 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:17 - Cheating God's Word (Ep. 13)"17 For 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 Cor 2:17
2022-09-0515 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:14-16 - Do I Smell a Christian Around Here? (Ep. 12)14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
2022-08-2916 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:12-13 - What is an "Open Door"? (Ep. 11)"12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13 my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia."
Found: God's Will by John MacArthur: https://www.amazon.com/Found-Gods-Will-MacArthur-Study/dp/1434702987
2022-08-2214 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:11 - Spiritual Warfare (Ep. 10)"10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs." -2 Cor. 2:10-11
2022-08-1517 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:9-10 - Will You Forgive? (Ep. 9)"9 For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ..." -2 Cor. 2:9-10
2022-08-0816 minThe Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:5-8 - No Such Thing as a "Jesus and Me" Faith (Ep. 8)Resources for Accountability Groups:
Men discipleship group: https://k21.men/wp-content/uploads/Accountability-Questions.pdf
Women discipleship group: https://characterthatcounts.org/accountability-questions-for-women.php
What I take students through for discipleship: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WD7coIxC1Rg0WMUGTq9k-ZxpfuA75Oaw/view?usp=sharing
"5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive...
2022-08-0119 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 2:1-4 - When Others Bring You Pain (Ep. 7)"1 For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to...
2022-07-2516 min
Provision in the Thicket#1 - Why Provision in the Thicket? w/ Mark Navey"And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” -Gen 22:13-15
Why "Provision in the Thicket"? Genesis 22, the story of Abraham willing to offer Isaac—his only son—only for God to step in and provide the ram, is...
2022-07-2013 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:23-24 - Work Together for Joy, Stand Firm in Faith (Ep. 6)"23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith." -2 Cor. 1:23-24
2022-07-1816 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:20-22 - How is Every Promise "Yes" in Jesus? (Ep. 5)"20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee." -2 Cor 1:20-22
2022-07-1120 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:15-22 - Let Your "Yes" Be "Yes" (Ep. 4)"15 Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. 17 Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, J...
2022-07-0416 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:12-14 - Are You a Sincere Christian? (Ep. 3)"12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13 For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— 14 just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you." -2 Corinthians 1:12-14
2022-06-2719 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole BohnsackSERMON: Christians with Affliction (2 Cor. 1:8-11)Main points:
1. God's People can feel deep affliction (v.8-9a)
2. God's People rely on Him (v.9b)
3. God's People hope in deliverance (v.10)
4. God's People help by prayer (v.11)
2022-06-2328 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:8-11 - Rely on God (Ep. 2)"8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on...
2022-06-2015 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole BohnsackQ&A: What does "taking the Lord's name in vain" mean?Ex 20:7 - “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."
2022-06-1612 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole Bohnsack2 Corinthians 1:3-7 - God of All Comfort (Ep. 1)"3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same suf...
2022-06-1315 min
The Surpassing Worth - with Cole BohnsackPILOT - The Surpassing WorthWelcome to The Surpassing Worth, a podcast by Cole Bohnsack dedicated to treasuring Christ above all else. In this pilot episode, Cole talks about the inspiration behind the podcast, the verse from which it comes, and what you as the listener will get out of tuning in!
2022-06-0612 min