2 Corinthians 5
v.5
Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
v.7
We live by faith and not by sight.
v.9
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
v.10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
v.17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
v.21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
The Holy Spirit makes us more aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit’s work to discourage us. One of Satan’s attacks is to try to convince you that you are not a genuine Christian after all… You, too, if you diligently pursue holiness, must often flee to the Rock of your salvation. You flee there, not to be saved again, but to confirm in you heart that you are saved through His righteousness alone.