God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. That is why we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in our bodies.
2nd Corinthians 5:5-10
The lawyer who prepares well, gathering all the facts; studying all the case law; effectively deposing all the witnesses; can walk into court fully confident of the outcome of a trial. Yet, trials do not always go as planned and outcomes are not assured.
It is not like that for the believer. God has prepared believers for judgment day. He sent Jesus Christ to Calvary’s Cross to pay the penalty for our sin debt. As a reminder of the blessed assurance we have in Jesus, God has given us the Holy Spirit, the guarantor of His promise. That is why we can live each day pleasing Him, fully confident of the outcome on judgment day.
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story; this is my song –
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story; this is my song –
Praising my Savior all the day long.
By Fannie Crosby and Phoebe Knapp.
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