We Live By Faith, Not By Sight

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Key Verse 5:7

Read verse 1. What does “the earthly tent we live in” refer to? What does it mean that the tent “is destroyed”? How is “a building from God” described? Why is it important to know we have it (a heavenly building)? 

Read verses 2-4. What does it mean to be found “naked” (or “unclothed”)? (Genesis 2:25; 3:7) What would it be like for one to be “clothed” with a heavenly dwelling? 

Read verse 5 and compare this verse with verse 4 (especially the expression “what is mortal may be swallowed up by life”). What is a “deposit” for? What does verse 5 tell us about God in securing what he has in mind for his children? 

Read v. 6. What does it mean to be “at home” in the body (or anywhere)? The Bible says we are to be with the Lord, and the Lord with us. (Matthew 12:30; Mark 16:20) Yet, what causes us to be “away from” the Lord? 

Read verses 7-10 and think about two exhortations: “We live by faith, not by sight”; and “we make it our goal to please him.” How are the two related? Why is it necessary for us to go by these exhortations? (10)