![]() ![]() ![]() If we are clothed in this way, we will not be found naked (v. Dwelling in these tents is a time for groaning, as we look for our permanent heavenly house, which will clothe us (v. Paul starts by comparing our mortal bodies to tents or tabernacles, which are to be replaced by an eternal body in the heavens, fashioned by God Himself (v. So we begin with a summary of this passage. 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” (2 Corinthians 5:1–10). Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 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. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 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. 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 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. But we are summoned to a way of life that is completely and entirely different. They do not consider what is above them, not at all, they do not care about the source of their blessings, not at all, and they keep their snouts pointing toward the dirt always, hunting for the next acorn. Those who live in the ways of YOLO are like pigs under a vast oak tree, looking for acorns. As Christians, we must live our lives here in the light of the life to come. ![]()
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