“Lasting Hope when Life Hurts”
2Cor.5:1-10 Feb.19, 2006 Play
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Groans, Aches, & Crashes
• impressive Winter Olympics have painful downfalls
• Biblical view of body positive, yet acknowledges
groaning (1Cor 6:13,15,20; 2Cor 5:4)
Belief in a Better Building
• resurrection body more lasting than earthly “tent”
(1Cor 9:1; 2Cor 12:4,7; 5:1)
• bodies raised in glory, “clothed” -
transfiguration (2-4; Mk 9:2; Gen 3:7; 1Cor 15:42ff)
• mortal ‘swallowed up’ by life - instant change (4;
Jonah 1:17; 1Cor 15:52)
• at home or away from body / Lord: longing mirrors
‘empty nest’ in heaven (6-9)
Positives of the Christian View
• popular funeral poem supposes un-Biblical
disembodiment
• it’s all right to weep and mourn, but have hope
(Jn 11:35f; 1Thess 4:13)
• 1) Confidence: to die is gain, so take heart
(5f,8; Mt 9:2,22; Php 1:21)
• 2) Significance: made for a purpose, have goal to
please Christ at judgment (5,9f; Mt 27:19, 12:36; Eph 6:8; 1Cor 3:13ff;
Rev 20:11ff; Lk 14:14; 1Cor 4:5)
• 3) Companionship: ‘at home’ with the Lord in
eternity, abide in Him (Jn 15:4, 14:23)
Light in the Window: Someone’s Home, Waiting
• painter Thomas Kinkade longed for home with lights
on
• praying at altar call, felt God lift him from
darkness
• windows of heaven glow because Someone’s waiting
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