Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(2Co 5:8) “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”   I once again draw your attention to the fact that not only is this confidence based upon faith in God’s stated Word, but it is also based upon a tangible thing that can be proven to self  – the earnest, the Holy Spirit in you (2 Cor 5:5). This proof is why a person can rightly be asked, (2Co_13:5)  “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves…”