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· Because we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen (2 Corinthians 4:18). · Because our earthly tent will be destroyed, but we will have a new body, eternal in the heavens (2 Corinthians 5:1). · Because we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
4. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The resurrection life of Jesus gives us new life. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. a. If anyone: This is a promise for anyone.
The body of flesh is a heavy burden, the calamities of life are a heavy load. But believers groan because burdened with a body of sin, and the many corruptions that are still remaining and raging in them.
Verse 7. For we walk by faith, not by sight. This is only a parenthesis, and yet one of the epic statements of Scripture.
The groans of the saints prove the existence of the longing desire for the heavenly glory, a desire which cannot be planted by God within us in vain, as doomed to disappointment.
(2) the special chastisements of God inflicted for the saint's welfare, but still painful; (3) the sense of living in a strange country, not in his own - uncongenial surroundings; (4) struggles against temptations: the presence and power of hated sin. IV. THE SAINT'S ASSURANCE OF THE HEAVENLY BODY. 1. Revelation. 2. Preparation. "He that ...
Faith is for this world, and sight is for the other world. It is our duty, and it will be our interest, to walk by faith, till we live by sight. This shows clearly the happiness to be enjoyed by the souls of believers when absent from the body, and where Jesus makes known his glorious presence.
