Title: Eternity Is Reality
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Description: Eternity is a reality, so we shouldn't fear it or ignore it, but we can have confidence in it because Jesus conquered it.

Outline:

1.  Life is Temporary (vs. 1-2, 4)
     a. Paul calls us tents and talks about our bodies groaning
     b.Our life is temporary and our bodies are breaking down
2.  God's preparing an eternal home for us (vs. 1-3)
     a. Not built by human hands.  Everything we know is built by human hands.
3.  Eternity is Reality (vs. 4-5)
     a.Our mortality (our life) is swallowed up by life.  Death is not the end.
     b. Life is living in the presence of God in an eternal home built by the eternal God,
         knowing that He is making all things right.
4. We can be confident of these things (vs. 6-8)
     a. Our Savior conquered death. His empty tomb give us this confidence.