Eternity is Now in Session, Part 3

We all long to live with purpose and peace, but how do we actually live like eternity is now in session? In this message from 2 Corinthians 5, we explore how God’s love, the Spirit’s presence, and a life of faith lead us from death to life—right here, right now.

This Is Our God
Phil Wickham

Everything That Has Breath (Praise)
Jesus Culture

Run To The Father
Cody Carnes

O Come To The Altar
Elevation Worship

The resurrection of Jesus ushered in eternity NOW and that has huge implications NOW for those of us who believe in His name.

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1. Know

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2 Corinthians 5:1
‘For we know’

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Romans 5:12-17
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

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2 Corinthians 5:1-3
’that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed’

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2 Corinthians 5:1-3
‘we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven’

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2 Corinthians 5:1-3
‘not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.’

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2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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2 Corinthians 5:5
Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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2. Spirit Guarantee

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2 Corinthians 1:21-22
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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Ephesians 1:13-14
“When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

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3. Confidence

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2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

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John 14:26-27
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Seven Marks of a Disciple
3. A follower of Jesus responds to the Spirit

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4. Faith

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2 Corinthians 5:7-8
For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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Hebrews 11:1
Faith, is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

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Hebrews 11:13-16
“All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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5. Obedience

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2 Corinthians 5:9-10
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

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