We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8) Paul said there is a confi dence; a preferable state beyond this life. There is a certain power possessed by the believer who is confident about his or her status at death: The believer is both absent and present at the same time. Absent from earth and present with the Lo...
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