2Corinthians 5-9<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/b><\/p>\n
Paul’s life is shaped by his awareness that this is but his first, his earthly life, and there is eternity to come, \u201cfor we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens\u201d (2Corinthians 5:1). \u201cYou only live once\u201d has been oft said and never true. We are not long for this world is Paul’s point, so don’t settle in. I resonate with the words of Paul, more in my sixties than when I was sixteen, and look forward to eternity, \u201cfor in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling\u201d (2Corinthians 5:2), and there is nothing wrong with that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBut not so fast, there is work to be done.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are ambassadors for Christ,\u201d says Paul, \u201cGod making his appeal through us on behalf of Christ\u2019 (2Corinthians 5:20). An ambassador is a citizen of one kingdom living in another, representing his home country to a foreign land. Jesus is King and eternity is our home, but there are many who still make this world their home and do not know there is more yet to come.<\/p>\n
There is good news and bad news, however. Bad news first. Between now and eternity stands judgment\u2013\u201cwe must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil\u201d (2Corinthians 5:10), and that is bad news because none of us have been all that good\u2013not good enough for a heavenly dwelling. Now, the good news, and as God\u2019s ambassadors, we bring it. For our sake God \u201cmade him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God\u201d (2Corinthians 5:21). That is the Gospel, God\u2019s offer to anyone who will receive this gift: Jesus gets your sin and you get his righteousness, and it is in his righteousness you stand before the judgment seat of God. It is an incredible offer, profoundly unfair, and you win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTake the deal!<\/p>\n
Daily Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n
Heavenly Father, You are holy and good. Your Son has taken the penalty of death for my sin and given me the reward of life through his righteousness. Thank You so much!<\/p>\n
May I rid myself of the desires, the thoughts, the habits of old. May I put them to death. Help me kill them. I don’t want to think and act the way I used to, but rather, to live the life You created me to live, a life of service and love, of goodness and peace, that gives You glory and pleasure.\u00a0Make me one who gives those on earth a taste of heaven.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n
Daily Question<\/b><\/p>\n
Why can\u2019t we be good enough for heaven on our own?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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