We live in both the now and the not yet of the kingdom. There are many blessings that we have in Christ. However, the people of Corinth suffered from an over developed eschatology. Many of the blessings that we look forward to they were claiming for the now. They would have loved to have identified with the book, Your Best Life Now. Just as it was in the church in Corinth so it is in our day. We have people claiming the promises of the coming kingdom for us today. Health and Wealth. Name it a claim it. Your best life now. And the list goes on. The truth is that we live in an in between time. We have the promises of eternal life but we have not seen the face of God. Perfect love and holiness and fellowship are not ours. We still experience sin, pain, and death. We as God's children are called to balance the realities of the now and not yet.
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