Archive for 26 February, 2008Power in Weakness Series - Part 3Posted on February 26, 2008 |
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Paul’s said that since Jesus died and was raised again, he no longer looks at anyone from a worldly point of view (2 Corinthians 5:16-17
): not Jesus, not anyone in the church, and not even himself! Paul’s hope was in God’s power and desire and ability to bring Paul and the Corinthians to be with Him in heaven forever. (2 Corinthians 5:4-5
)
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
This changed everything for Paul, and I believe it is the secret for how we can be transformed in our thinking to be able to view pain, trials and repentance of our own sin in a spiritual way–for we, like Paul, our now Christ’s ambassadors, and we make it our goal to please God in every way (2 Corinthians 5:9
).
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