“So we do not lose heart” 4:1,16

“So we are always of good

courage” 5:6,8

Christ – His glorious resurrection

Spirit – His transforming power

Scripture – It instructs faith

Service – A life of fruitful accountability

“The tent” v. 1; Acts 18:3 “We have…..”

“I go to prepare a place” Jn 14:2; 2 Cor 4:14

“The Resurrection and the life” Jn 11:25; 2:19-22

“Home with the Lord… we will be like Him”

1 Jn 3:2; 1 Cor 15:36-49

No soul sleep. No purgatory.

“Prepared us” The new creation 2 Cor 5:16-17;

3:3,6,8

“Guarantee” Present yet future 2 Cor 1:22;

Rom 5:5; 1 Cor 6:19-20; Philp 1:6

“Groan” Frustrations and limitations (Rom 8:18-

27); longing for glorification (Jn 6:37-40);

Intermediate state of soul without body until

second coming (1 Thess 4:16; Rev 6:9-11)

“We walk” – in the ways of God. Prov 3:5-6;

Rom 10:14; Gal 5:16-25; Eph 4,5

“By Faith” – our minds are set on things

above. 2 Cor 4:18; Col 3; Heb 11; Titus

2:11-15

“Not by sight” – not this evil age, but the

spirit. 1 Pet 4; 2 Pet 3:10-13

“Our aim is to please him” – A fruitful

life. John 15:8; Eph 2:10; 4:30; 5:10

“Judgment seat” – Accountability.

Bema seat (Rom 14:10-12; 1 Cor 4:3-

5), (not Rev 20:11-15). Rewards (Heb

6:10; 11:6; MT 25) and losses (1 Cor

3:12-15).

Intellectual integrity – Christ’s

resurrection and Scripture

From the inside out - Transforming

Power of Holy Spirit

Don’t waste your life – Be fruitful!

I have been crucified with

Christ. It is no longer I who live,

but Christ who lives in me. And

the life I now live in the flesh I

live by faith in the son of God,

who loved me and gave himself

for me. Gal 2:20 (ESV)

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