Category: 2 Corinthians
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The Bucket List
2 Corinthians 11:24-28 “Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in…
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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…
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Ready for Heaven?
2 Corinthians 5:4-5 “For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.”…
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Discontented Contentment
Philippians 4:11 “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” 2 Corinthians 5:2 “For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.” Sometimes the Bible says things that seem to conflict, such as the two verses above that were both written by the apostle Paul. The first tells us of Paul’s…
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A Contrast in Destinies
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 “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. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.” As the years go by, I become more and more aware of the frailty of…
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More Than Meets the Eye
2 Corinthians 4:16 “Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” The Bible would have us to know that things are rarely as they seem for we are so limited by what we can physically see. However, God isn’t like this, and wonderfully, He has let us who know Him…
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Seeing Unseen Things
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things…
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The Things We Say
2 Corinthians 4:13 “I believed, and so I spoke.” Our words reveal the truth about our faith. Put another way, it’s not what we say about our faith that matters, but how our faith influences what we say about everything else. In James 2:18, James puts it this way: “But someone will say, ‘You have…
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Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 4:14-15 “He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 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.” Thanksgiving: it’s a time to reflect on all the blessings of life…
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