Witness Together. Susan and JW

Alternative outline: 2 Cor 2:14-16

JW | SK

OPENING STORY – maybe just the fact that we’re team preaching

SCRIPTURE

Context –

Letter to Corinthians

one of several letters to a church in Corinth Not the brightest bulbs Lots of specific questions/answers Addressing their responsibility as witnesses to their faith– uses 2 powerful images

Letter Aroma

STICKY STATEMENT: A Witness has a story and staying power

STORY:

Story of letter to brother Story Matters (3:4-6)

Where is Christ working in you?

Awareness we all have a story It’s being written Doesn’t have to be at the end to be powerful How is Christ’s authority in you?

OT passages

STAYING POWER

Story of love-hate relationships with flowers

Perinnials Experience the staying power because you SEE it

Witness of the Corinthians- what they did, how they lived Experience the staying power because you SMELL it/lingers

Carries past the moment

FINAL – TWH

Our witness is the story we have to tell as a community of faith (FMC) Our witness is to have a staying power – being planted in a new field