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"So we are always confident..."

Text: 2 Corinthians 5:6

CONFIDENCE IN OUR FAITH IN GOD

How wonderful it is to have a strong and confident faith in God. Paul carefully nurtured his faith till he was able to face the tough circumstances of his life with confidence!

“So we are always confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather
to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 5:6-8

1. “We are always confident”

a) There was courageous confidence in Paul.

b) This confidence stemmed from

i) His knowledge of God’s word.

ii) His faith in the Lord.

2. “Knowing”

a) “While we are at home in the body”

This is a reference to being alive on earth.

b) “Absent from the Lord”

We are not yet in the Presence of the Lord in heaven.

3. “We walk by faith, not by sight”

a) Walk

i) A reference to our life on earth.

ii) It is described as “a walk”.

b) Walk by faith

i) This means “living by faith”.

ii) “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17)

c) Not by sight

i) Not by human wisdom.

ii) Not by worldly standards.

4. “Well pleased”

a) “To be absent from the body”

Paul was not afraid to die.

b) “And to be present with the Lord”

At death, we are instantly ushered into the presence of God in heaven.