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NOT BY SIGHT

“For we live by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7, NET) The preferred way for a Christian to live cannot be stated in a more obvious fashion than as emphatically expressed in our text. There are two ways a person can live his life: either “by faith” or “by sight”; and there is a world of difference between both. Indeed our text compels us first of all to acknowledge the obvious, that is, that “Faith” is not “Sight”. Secondly, it challenges us to persist in living life by faith. The original word translated “Sight” implies “External or outward appearance, form, figure, or shape”. In other words, “sight” speaks of things that exist in the realm of physical senses, things that we can experience physically. Consequently, Christian, you are here exhorted not to allow the evidence of your senses, what you see and feel, to determine your estimation of your own worth and dictate how you conduct of your life. The things your physical sense can experience (i.e., “sight”) are, acc