Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:5 & 6
2 Corinthians 5:5 & 6
Since God has poured His Spirit into us, we have His promise of eternal life in a body like the one Christ resurrected in. Whenever our body groans for our heavenly state, we have confidence because the same Spirit that raised Him from the dead lives in us. We have the ability to move on in faith because of that guarantee from God. Until He returns, we have the Holy Spirit to keep us.
We aren’t ignorantly struggling along in this first tent. We know God has prepared a place for us and is preparing us for that place. We can already see the invisible and live spiritually instead of by merely human means. This preparation of His indwelling Spirit brings us confidence in the future world and the courage to apply our faith to our lifestyle.
God’s purpose for us is to bring us into His home forever. However, His home cannot contain sinners. That requires preparing us for the place He is preparing for us. Let us rest in His promise; He has backed it up with His Spirit as His personal guarantee.
Confident In His Spirit,
Pastor Jason
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