Sermons on 2 Corinthians 5:1-18:

Making The Most Of The New Year

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 6, 2008

As you transition into the new year are there questions on your mind. There are on mine. What I believe to be a very important question for my life and the life of the church. Did I make the most of 2007. 2 terific truths from God’s word show us how w

Intro: As we transition into this new year a question has been on my mind. Did I make the most of the last year. It is not a question for the faint at heart. It is an examining question, it is a difficult question. Will I be honest enough with myself about this hard question? As I look over ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Baptist

Hardly New

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 7, 2008

In Christ, we are supposed to be a new creation but we don’t always feel like new creations. We will hear some suggestions make "the old is gone and the new has come" into a reality.

Hardly New 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 January 6, 2008 Happy New Year! A new year. New opportunities. New hope. This is a reminder that we don’t have to get stuck in the same old patterns of last year. So we make a (or several) New Year’s resolutions. I resolve that in 2008 I will or will stop…? Did ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Denomination: Church Of God

"A Glance Of Heaven" Series

Contributed by Ken Harris on Jan 10, 2008

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the bereaved family to affirm to others that because Joaquin had caught a glance of his Heavenly Homecoming Celebration, he could hardly wait to in-process Heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:1-5:10 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside, CA 10 January 2008 Memorial Service for Joaquin “Kin” Santiago Quenga BIG IDEA: When believers catch a glance of their Heavenly Homecoming Celebration, they can hardly wait to leave their Temporary Home ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Quality Of Our Character

Contributed by Mark Roper on Jan 14, 2008

Reputation is what men think you are; character is what God knows you are. The grace of God will do very little for us if we resolve to do nothing for ourselves. God calls us to co-operate with him in the perfecting of character

The Quality of our Character Topic: Reputation is what men think you are; character is what God knows you are. 2 Cor 5:17 NIV 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Below are examples of the old passing, and the new has come. Peter ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Church Of God

A Memorial For A Young Man

Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Jan 14, 2008

A graveside memorial for a young man.

A Memorial for Karl Widell 1. Introduction Today, we have two tasks before us, one difficult and one extremely easy. The difficult task is to return Karl’s remains to the earth from which he ultimately came. The second, which is easier and comforting, is to celebrate his life. Prayer Heavenly ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

All New

Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jan 14, 2008

When we live in ways consistent with our old sinful nature we’re like an old car that no longer exhibits the beauty and functions of its original design. That all changes when we receive a new life, a new nature, a new heart and a new spirit.

Prayer: Lord, please renew your church. Let her beauty be seen as she reflects your radiance. Empower her to serve the purposes for which you made her. Lord, please renew each of us that our lives will reflect your image, glory and beauty. Renew us to accomplish the work for which you designed ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Mennonite

Walking With Jesus In Faith Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 21, 2008

Walking with Jesus in faith means living in confidence, obedience, and righteousness.

Walking with Jesus By Faith II Cor. 5:1-9 INTRO.: Everyone knows I like to fish. When I fish, I seldom see fish. But I select my fishing place based on past experience and reports of others. I have faith the fish are there and I will eventually catch them. The only question is whether it is better ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's A New Year

Contributed by Rick Lancaster on Jan 7, 2005

Every year we fail to fulfill our New Year’s resolutions to change something in our lives because we are trying to change the wrong things for the wrong reasons. God wants us to be conformed into the image of His Son Jesus, and our resolutions, commitmen

IT’S A NEW YEAR 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Introduction Here we are on the first Sunday of 2005. It’s a new year! And that is the title for today’s message: ‘It’s a New Year’. How ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Judgement Seat Of Christ (Part 2) Series

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Jan 19, 2005

Part 2 in my prophcey series entitled the judgement seat of Christ. Each Christian will stand before God to give an account for there lives either good or bad, I explain the difference and show the 5 crowns we can recieve in Heaven.

Title: The Judgement Seat Of Christ Text: I Cor 3:9-15; II Cor 5:10 and Rom 14:10 Read Text!!! Pray!!! Introduction: - The Bible teaches that one day all believers will stand and give an account at the Judgement Seat Of Christ. What is the Judgement Seat Of Christ? - It’ the event immediately ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Your Spirit-Risk Free Investing Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 10, 2005

God constantly invites us to take time and make the investment in the spiritual side of life and a nurture our relationship with God

SOUND INVESTMENTS FOR THE NEW YEAR JANUARY 16, 2005 II Corinthians 5:1-10 “Your Spirit—Risk Free Investing” INTRODUCTION If we are not careful, it is easy to get the priorities of our lives out of order. Fathers or mothers who are pressured by the demands of careers may place those demands ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Living For Jesus

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 13, 2005

Living for Jesus involves being a living epistle, a living sacrifice and a living stone in the "spiritual house" that is His Church.

LIVING FOR JESUS “And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 LET US TAKE NOTE OF THE TRUTHS TAUGHT IN THIS VERSE 1. Christ died for all. “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:15

Denomination: Baptist

We Have An Eternal House In Heaven!

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Aug 25, 2007

In a world where everything changes it is reassuring to know that we have an eternal home in heaven.

“There’s no place like home…there’s no place like home…there’s no place like home.” That is all that Dorothy had to say in order to return to her home in Kansas. (Well she also had to close her eyes and click her glass slippers together as well.) If you are familiar with the movie The Wizard of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-9, 2 Corinthians 5:1

Denomination: Lutheran

Be Reconciled To God

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 26, 2007

This message deals with becoming a new creation.

Text: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (v. 17). How can a person become a new creation? How do old things pass away? What things become new? The answers to these questions lie in the process of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:12-21

Denomination: Christian Church

Living In A Leaky Tent

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007

Sometimes we go through struggles while living here on earth but God has a great reward waiting for us.

I. Raining when camping – Army – raining, training – dream of being in barracks or at home II. Dreaming of home while living in a tent is what our text today is talking about A. Just like our home is in our dreams it is also a reality B. We have to live in these tents while we wait for heaven ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

A Building From God

Contributed by Matthew Olanrewaju on Sep 17, 2007

When death occurs, Christians should have more cause to thank God and not despair as Our bodies are erthly tents which if destroyed, we, however, have a buiding from God, eternal, in the heavens.

“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” 2 Cor 5:1 The second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 1, is contained in a letter written to comfort Christians in situations of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Denomination: Methodist