Last Message“From Here To Eternity”“From Here To Eternity”

II Cor. 4:13-18II Cor. 4:13-18Part One Part One

““I believed, therefore……” II Cor. 4:13I believed, therefore……” II Cor. 4:13

I speak v. 13I speak v. 13

I know and have assurance v. 14I know and have assurance v. 14

I am bold v. 14I am bold v. 14

I serve others v. 15I serve others v. 15

I endure v. 16I endure v. 16

I measure by eternity v. 17I measure by eternity v. 17

I have eyes that can see the unseen v. 18I have eyes that can see the unseen v. 18

Today’s Message Today’s Message “From Here To Eternity”“From Here To Eternity”

Part TwoPart Two

A. Salvation Begins With Faith – Part One A. Salvation Begins With Faith – Part One

B. Salvation Ends With Sight – Part TwoB. Salvation Ends With Sight – Part Two

We will see our glorified bodiesWe will see our glorified bodies

We will see the Lord and the Judgment SeatWe will see the Lord and the Judgment Seat

We will see our glorified bodiesWe will see our glorified bodiesFor we know that if our earthly house of this tent

were taken down, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. II Cor. 5:1

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• We may get our new bodies while we are alive I Thess. 4: 15-17

• Our present bodies are earthly

• Our future bodies will be handmade by God

• Our future bodies will be eternal

• Every Christian has a strong desire for their new body.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. V 3

• Every Christian’s old body becomes burdened

For we that are in this tent do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. V.4

• The new body program originated with God

Now He that has accomplished this for us is God, Who also has given to us a down payment of His Spirit. V.5

• This down payment gives a holy confidence and earnest desire

Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: For we walk by faith, not by sight: We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Vrs. 6-8

• The down payment produces a healthy impetus

Because of this we labor, so that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. V. 9

We will see the Lord and The We will see the Lord and The Bema Seat Bema SeatFor we must all appear [in person] before the

judgment seat o f Christ; that every one may receive the things due done in [his /her body], according to what [he/she] has done, whether it be good or bad. v.10

• We stand before Christ in our new bodies

• We are judged for the deeds of the old body

• The judgment will be for reward and honor

• The judgment will be executed by the Holy Spirit