Those Who Belong to Christ

Meditations on Second Corinthians

April 27, 2023

Those Who Belong to Christ

For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.

2 Corinthians 5:10

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

In the first few verses in today’s passage, Paul discusses the tension he sometimes felt holding onto his faith in eternal life. He longed to be home with the Lord, but he also longed to complete his work as an apostle and share Christ wherever he could. He also experienced the tension between the realities of the world he lived in and his hope in the resurrected Christ. He continually resolved this tension by remembering to walk by faith, not by sight. (v. 7 NRSV)

In verse 10 (above), Paul makes clear that how we choose to live our lives is very important: “For we must all stand before Christ to be judged.” We know we are justified by grace through our faith in Christ Jesus. Even so, we live daily with the tension of already being God’s children (1 John 3:2) and being accountable for the conduct of our lives.

My Takeaway: “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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