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Corinthians 5:1–10—In Sunday’s
epistle reading, St Paul looks forward to eternal life in heaven, when we shall
live forever in our glorified bodies, no longer made frail by the ravages of
sin. Paul has supreme confidence in what is to come, for his confidence rests,
not in the whims of man, but in the surety of God, who has given us the Spirit
as a guarantee. The Christian, who lives by faith in the promises of the Lord,
rejoices at the thought of being at home with the Lord.
We have such hope because of the resurrection of our
Savior Jesus. For three days Jesus slept in the tomb. But on the third day he
rose victoriously. The hope we have in Christ; namely the resurrection of the
body and the life everlasting comes from the work of Christ who rose
victoriously that first Easter morning. Because he lives you will live also!
Paul is speaking about his hope for life after death. He
states that when physical death comes God will provide him with a new body – spiritual
and immortal. In this passage Paul returns to the fact that he is still on
earth in a physical body. To live on earth is to be in a physical body and
separated from Christ who is at the right hand of God, to die is to have a new body
and to be with Christ.
Since he is still in the body he must walk by faith
and not by sight. He prefers to die that he might be with Christ. Until that
happens his aim is to please God who holds him accountable for all the deeds
done while in the body on earth.[2]
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