Lesson 3806

 (Lesson 3806)(06-20-22) 2nd Corinthians 5:1-10

    For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

    Today’s quote is a valuable lesson on the security of the believer. Therein, Paul assures us that, although our earthly bodies are now, and will be, so long as we are alive in the flesh, fully bound to sin; However, at the moment we pass from this life, God will give us and immortal, sinless body that will live forever with Him.

    The lesson also tells us that those whom have been reborn in the Spirit, through faith in Christ, will sit in judgment before Him when we pass from this life. The end of that judgment will be for rewards to those who have faithfully served the will of God while here on earth.

    Again, praise God for His amazing, saving grace.~