Message Notes

INTRODUCTION

1. “From glory to glory”

a) This is best understood with eyes of faith

b) The eyes of faith enable us to see beyond this earthly and transient life

2. “Such great faith”

a) To possess great faith is rare indeed

b) To pursue great faith is a wise and noble thing

THE DEEP INSIGHT OF FAITH

1 For 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.

2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,

2 Corinthians 5:1-2

1. Our earthly house

a) This is a reference to the physical body we have

b) It is called “a tent”

c) It can be destroyed

2. An eternal house

a) A building from God

b) Not made with hands

c) Eternal and made in the heavens

THE DEEP IMPACT OF FAITH

3 If indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.

4 For 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.

2 Corinthians 5:3-4

1. While in this tent

a) We groan

b) We are burdened

2. A strong desire

a) To be further clothed

b) To have mortality swallowed up by life eternal

A STRONG AND CONFIDENT FAITH

5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:5-6

1. Confidence in God

a) He has prepared all things

b) He has prepared for our eventual death

2. The Comfort of God

a) He has given us the Holy Spirit

b) He is our Seal and Guarantee    Ephesians 1:13-14

3. Our confident composure

a) At home in this body

b) Absent from the Lord

CHALLENGE TO WALK BY FAITH

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:7-8

1. The Christian walk

a) The Christian lifestyle

b) It is to be characterised by our walk of faith

2. Three aspects of the Christian Walk

a) Walk in Love

1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.

2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Ephesians 5:1-2

b) Walk in the Light

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth)

Ephesians 5:8-9

c) Walk in circumspection

15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16

CONCLUSION

1. Our lives

Let our lives reflect the glory of God

2. Growth

Let there be further growth

3. Glory to glory

Let us live looking forward to entering the glorious kingdom of God