Category: 2 Corinthians 5
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Too Good to be True?
2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Sometimes things seem almost too good to be true. Do you know anything like this? Some years ago, I watched an NCAA tournament basketball game between the 15th seeded St.…
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Judgment Day
2 Corinthians 5:10 “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 evil.” As I was thinking about the state of our world at this moment, the verse above suddenly popped into my head. Don’t…
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The New
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Do you like new things? Did you receive some new things for Christmas this year, maybe some new clothes, new tools, new books, or other nice new things? Do you…
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The Way of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 “All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on…
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Righting the Unright
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:19 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Do you realize that when God…
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A Whole New View
2 Corinthians 5:15-16 “He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for Him who for their sake died and was raised. 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.” How do…
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What Will People Think?!
2 Corinthians 5:13 “For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.” One of the things that can deter a person from sharing the gospel is the fear of what people might think of them if they do so. We live in a world…
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The New Nature
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” One of the defining…
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The Appointment
2 Corinthians 5:10 “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 evil.” There is no other book that has ever been written that speaks to us with the urgency that the Bible does. The…
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Courage
2 Corinthians 5:6-9 “So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home…
To Encourage You 