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January 6, 2008
Welcome To Class

• Prayer Requests
• Announcements

TODAY Winning the Inner War on Terror 2
Corinthians 51-10
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Can we face death with peace and assurance?
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2 Corinthians 51-10

• 1For we know that if our earthly house, this
  tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God,
  a house not made with hands, eternal in the
  heavens. 2For in this we groan, earnestly
  desiring to be clothed with our habitation which
  is from heaven, 3if indeed, having been clothed,
  we shall not be found naked. 4For we who are in
  this tent groan, being burdened, not because we
  want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that
  mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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2 Corinthians 51-10, cont.

• 5Now He who has prepared us for this very thing
  is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a
  guarantee.
• 6So we are always confident, knowing that while
  we are at home in the body we are absent from the
  Lord. 7For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8We
  are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be
  absent from the body and to be present with the
  Lord.

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2 Corinthians 51-10, cont.

• 9Therefore we make it our aim, whether present
  or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10For we
  must all appear before the judgment seat of
  Christ, that each one may receive the things done
  in the body, according to what he has done,
  whether good or bad.

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• How Paul overcame the inner war on terror

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• The frailty of the body
• The faithfulness of God
• The fruitfulness of life

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We can look beyond the grave with courage.
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• 1. What is the difference in the eternal house
  in the heavens (vs. 1) and the everlasting
  habitations in Luke 169 (cf. John 142)?
• 2. In what sense do Christians currently groan
  (vss. 2, 4 cf. Romans 822, 23)? Why do we
  groan?
• 3. What did Paul mean when he said that our
  heavenly house is not made with hands(cf. Mark
  1458 Hebrews 911)?
• 4. What did Paul mean when he said, We shall not
  be found naked (vs.3)?

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• 5. Is it accurate to say that the Christians
  body will be replaced at the resurrection, or
  will it be changed? What is the difference?
• 6. How might the earnest of the Spirit enhance
  a Christians faith in the first century?
• 7. Did Paul have a death wish?
• 8. In what sense do we walk by faith, not by
  sight (vs. 7)?
• 9. Why is it so important to please the Lord in
  every way?

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• 10. Is there a relationship between our
  resurrection house (vss. 1, 4) and the
  judgment?
• 11. Why is there so much emphasis in Scripture on
  the judgment (Matthew 1015 1236 1241, 42
  Luke 1014 Acts 1731 Romans 1410 Hebrews
  927)?
• 12. How does 2 Corinthians 51-10 give
  encouragement to the downtrodden and those who
  are tempted to quit?

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Write an aged soldier in the faith. Thank that
person for his or her godly example during
adversity.