The Devotional - A Look at the Book #883

by Jesse Abel

Thoughts from Papa “J”

 

Ever find yourself eating a whole box of chocolates in one sitting? Sometimes there is a need for sweets; but a whole box… never! Doing so will fill one with greed or glutinous ills to vomit up! Proverbs 25:16

 

Good Morning

2 Corinthians 5:1-8 – We previously looked at our temporal existence and although we did not focus intently on the suffering and discomforts of life in general we did mention it in various ways of living from day to day. All suffering comes from sin and Satan this eventually results in death to all of God’s Creation. A judgment of God that is placed on all, there is no created being excluded. Genesis 3:1-24

However, God promises relief from our present world of temporal suffering and death. He reveals this as a promise; first in His Word, second through His Creation, third through His Son Jesus, fourth through His Spirit and finally, but not least, but first; through His everlasting love, Romans 8:1-39. All of the Holy Bible points to this Truth. This brings us to our little section in 2 Corinthians 5:1-8

Assurance of life after death; when a person responses to the love of God, through the Person of Christ and His death and resurrection, he or she will see creation from God’s Word, under the authority and direction of God the Holy Spirit. We see that the body in which we have is just a temporary tent and under the judgment of God and that it will be destroyed. Truth is that we long for and even groan for this event to happen and we eagerly wait to put on our habitation which is from heaven.

In this earthly body we are burdened with unrighteous deeds of the flesh, which are full of discomfort and suffering. Human righteousness is as filthy rags to our Holy God (Isaiah 64:6-7) thus we groan and don’t you know… none of us are righteous enough to be pleasing to God. There is however a “Resurrection Righteousness” that this temporal creation groans for, yet not all of creation will gain it.

If the peoples of world around us are unfaithful (and they are) there is only ONE who is found faithful to deliver Himself and those who believe in Him from the judgment of Genesis 3. Now there is still a lot more to discuss here in these few verses found in 2 Corinthians 5, but this morning I need to leave the subject for the day and pick it up again tomorrow; LORD willing. Remember: We walk by faith, not by sight (this is something the world has lost, it was lost in fall; Genesis 3.