WORDS OF COMFORT TO THE TRUE CHRISTIAN
“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.”
—2 Corinthians 5:6-8
The true Christian should never fear death.
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 tells us why we should have no such fear: if our spirit is absent from the body (death), then we are then at home with the Lord in heaven.
Paul tells the believer that the moment the spirit of a believer leaves the body, that person is now home with the Lord.
“We are confident of such a blessed state, and this makes us willing to be out of this body, that we might have the glorious presence and enjoyment of God to all eternity.”
—Matthew Poole Commentary
These should be words of great comfort in times of chaos and trouble. Regardless of what happens, God is in control of all. IF the believer should leave this earthly sphere, then he is, in reality, “receiving a promotion.”
And willing rather to be absent from the body – We would prefer to die. The same idea occurs in Philippians 1:23. “Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; which is far better.” The sense is, that Paul would have preferred to die, and to go to heaven; rather than to remain in a world of sin and trial.
—Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Don’t be scared.
Get spiritually prepared!
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
—Philippians 1:21
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