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Woodhaven Message
October 5, 2003
II Corinthians 5:1-5
Vs. 1
things about where we are going
first this body must be destroyed
we have - assurance
not made with hands
eternal
vs. 2
now we groan because we are not partaking of that heavenly dwelling.
We long to be clothed with it.
Vs.
3
Vs.
4
It isn’t that we want to die, it is that we want to inherit that heavenly dwelling.
Not “unclothed” ejkduvsasqai
Rather “reclothed” ejpenduvsasqai
Death swallowed up by life
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5
God does this change in us
Spirit is a guarantee that it will happen.
Longing For Our Heavenly Dwelling
II Corinthians 5:1-10
! Introduction
- tent
- temporary shelter.
- don’t last forever.
- Israel.
- finally able to build permanent homes.
- pastor’s at mid life.
- 17 years of ministry left
- Have you ever felt that life is like living in a tent - temporary and short lived?
- How do we handle the realization that life is short and our bodies are wearing out?
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I.
We Groan Because The Earthly Tent Will Be Destroyed
- Psalm 90 - 70 ~/ 80 years
- 78 years and for women about 83.
- make sure that you are born a woman.
- 78 years is 28490 days.
- 20 years - used up 7305 days and had 21185 left.
- today used up 17809 and have 10681 days left.
- 65 - 23741 used and 4749 days left.
- “we’re going to die!”
- Paul - tentmaker
- his own body
- statistics for 1997
-27 out of 100,000 - accidents,
-182 out of 100,000 died of cancer,
- 173 out of 100,000 died of heart disease.
- each passing year,
- played hockey last weekend
- 100,000 out of 100,000 people will die.
- My father was 41 years old
- Ben Funk - died in the accident.
- I did a funeral - 100 year old lady.
- TV a story about a man who was quite old but still very spry.
- II Corinthians 5:1 says that “if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed.”
- the word “if”
- I don’t like that thought.
- Menno said that no matter what, death is not a pleasant thought.
- groan
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II.
God Has Made Us For Life
- that is not our only choice.
!! A. An Eternal House
- Two weeks ago, - the resurrection of Jesus Christ
- first fruits.
- Adam changed the course of history \\ - Christ also changed the course of history
- verse 1, “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.”
- Before we moved to Rosenort, - side-by-side
- rented our house for the first 10 months,
- looked forward to the day we would own it and we could develop it
- tent of our body
- What will that building be like?
- eternal
- the one who built this world in the first place.
- I Corinthians 15,
- “imperishable,” “glorious,” “powerful,” “a spiritual body,” “like Jesus resurrected body.”
- metaphors for heaven.
- city planners dream city.
- tree
- This body will not get Alzheimer's disease or cancer or heart trouble.
This body will have no back pains or arthritis.
This body will have no mental or physical handicaps.
This body will be perfect in every way imaginable.
It will not be afflicted with a forgetful memory, poor eye-sight, clumsy coordination, or a failing and faltering heart.
It is a perfect, glorious, wonderful body that will last throughout all eternity.
- will we still be ourselves?
“Will others be able to recognize us?”
- verse 2. - Good News Bible, the phrase is, “And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which comes from heaven should be put on over us…”
- the eternal body which we will be given is “put on over” the earthly body which we have.
- continuity with the body we have now,
- transformed.
!! B. We Groan
- My mother-in-law is 88 years old
- How do we reconcile our glorious hope with the reality of our fear of death?
- doctor for certain types of exams.
- flimsy little cover up.
- hate the process of becoming naked in order to be examined,
- verse 4 “we do not wish to be unclothed.”
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