2 Corinthians 5:6-17

Eyes of Faith

Verse 17 summarizes the Apostle Paul’s argument in this passage: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

Throughout this epistle, Paul has been describing surprising relationships within his ministry. At the beginning of chapter 5, Paul says, “For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (verse 1). This sort of thinking isn’t natural.

Job’s Response to Loss

It requires the eyes of faith (vs 7). Paul’s thinking here is more in line with Job’s. Who among us, if we lost everything, including the lives of our families, would be…