Frank Guglielmo – 2 corinthians 5:8-11
Have you ever looked back at a decision and wished you could do it over? We all face choices that impact our lives and the lives of those we love. In this message, Pastor Frank Guglielmo explores how to live a life directed by eternal priorities so that we can stand confident before the Lord without regret.
Continuing our series in 2 Corinthians, we dive into Chapter 5, verses 8–11. We explore the profound reality of the “judgment seat of Christ” and what it means to labor for His acceptance, whether we are present in the body or absent from it.
Key Highlights in This Message:
Living for His Acceptance: Understanding the weight of our daily decisions and how they ripple into eternity.
The Solar System Analogy: A powerful illustration of how our lives should orbit around the Son, grounding complex theological truths in a relatable way.
The Son is the centre of all things! We should orbit the Son!
The Judgment Seat of Christ: What it means to appear before Him and receive what is done in the body, whether good or bad.
A Call to Action: Practical steps to ensure your “today” is built on a foundation that lasts.
Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 5:8-11
He is risen! The celebration of the most significant day in history—the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
In this sermon, we explore the various Gospel narratives to piece together the dramatic events of that first Easter morning. Beyond the empty tomb and the angelic messengers, we focus on the deeply personal encounters the disciples had with the risen Christ—reminding us that we serve a Saviour who is not only powerful but intimately knows each of us by name.
Key Themes Include:
A Multifaceted Picture: Reconciling the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to see the full story of the resurrection morning.
The Power of Personal Connection: How Mary Magdalene recognized His voice, John recognized His “handwriting” in a folded napkin, and the disciples at Emmaus knew Him in the breaking of bread.
The Physical Reality: Examining the evidence that Jesus rose in the flesh—eating with His disciples and showing the marks in His hands and feet.
A Lively Hope: Reflecting on 1 Peter 1:3 and how the victory over death transforms our fear into bold testimony.
Our Story to Tell: The call for every believer to share their own personal encounter with the living Christ.
Scripture References:
Luke 23:52 – 24:53
John 20:1–18
Matthew 28:1–10
Mark 16:9
1 Peter 1:3
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
In a world that often feels temporary and uncertain, where do we find a hope that lasts? In this message, Pastor Frank Guglielmo shares a powerful reminder of the eternal promises God has for those who trust in Him. Drawing from recent experiences of loss and hope within our own church family, we explore what it truly means to look forward to our “heavenly building.”
As we continue our verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians, we dive into Chapter 5, verses 1–8. We examine the contrast between our “earthly tabernacle”—this temporary, fragile body—and the eternal house God is preparing for us in the heavens.
Key Highlights in This Message:
Hope Within Grief: A personal reflection on the lives and testimonies of our brethren, reminding us that as believers, we do not grieve without hope.
The Tabernacle vs. The Building: Understanding why our earthly bodies are like temporary tents and how God is replacing them with an eternal structure that never fails.
The Earnest of the Spirit: Exploring how the Holy Spirit acts as God’s “deposit” or “down payment” in our hearts, guaranteeing our future inheritance.
Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: The great confidence we have that the moment we leave this physical life, we are immediately in the presence of our Savior.
Walking by Faith: How to maintain an eternal perspective while navigating the struggles and weaknesses of our earthly walk.
Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8, John 5:22-29, Job 19:25-27, Ephesians 1:12-14
David Ho Wing – Deuteronomy 10:12
Seek personal revival, make Jesus first in your life!
Fear the Lord for it is the beginning of wisdom.
Read you Bible and meditate on it.
Pray, cry out to the Lord for your petitions.
Serve the Lord, He is our Commander.
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 4;15-18,
2 Corinthians 5:6, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:13
The devil is allowing us to go through sifting but we will not give up. We must stand firm and run the race for Jesus. Our afflictions are light compared to the afflictions Jesus had. We need to keep our focus in that which is eternal. Do not seek the world that is here today and gone tomorrow. We have a more perfect glorious thing to look forward to, that is, “to be absent with the body is to be present with the Lord!”
Alan Parry – Hebrews 1:1-14
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 4:13-15
1 John 1;1-10, Ephesians 1:3,
Ephesians 6, Romans 8:25
We are to be a witness of Jesus to others and proclaim the Gospel to all. Our whole lives are to be full of thanksgiving to the glory of God.
Live a life of thanksgiving and joy.
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 4:3-12
2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Acts 26:18, John 8:23, Revelation 21:5, John 16:13
Spiritual Warfare is actually real! Satan is a real entity! There is a spiritual battle around us.
God through the Holy Spirit shines the light on truth. “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6
Jesus Christ is LORD! Through our weakness God uses us and glorifies himself in the process.
Are we the light in our generation?
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 4:1-2
What motivates you to do the things of the Lord?
We have the fruits (Galatians 5:22) within us to be Christlike and godly for others to see and gifts (Romans 12:5) to do the work we are called to do.
Our job is to take every opportunity God opens to do good to all men by His strength.
Isaiah 40:28-31, Romans 12:1-2
Our motivation is Jesus; “Looking unto Jesus the author an finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
The Trinity is a revelation of our one God consisting of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Through the Spirit of God and Jesus within us we are able to interact with God.
With the Spirit within us we are now freed!
Freed to conquer sin. Freed to obey God. Freed to proclaim the gospel. Freed to live for Hm. Freed to worship Him. Freed to live and grow. Freed to love because God loved us first.
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 3:14-18
For a very long time the nature of man has been addicted to blindness.
Judaism as seen today is founded on the Pharisees.
The Talmud authored by the Pharisees is required to explain the book of Moses.
The reason Jews don’t believe in Christ is because they follow the Telmud which denies Christ as Saviour.
The same gospel saves everyone in the world the same way.
Our desire and prayer should be as written in Romans 10:1 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 3:12-16
The New Testament is more glorious the the Old Testament as it contains the gospel, that is the good news! The Old Testament only points to something to come, the New Testament shows us the manifestation of God through Jesus.
We do not follow the commandments to be saved, Jesus is the only door to salvation!
Jesus fulfilled the law and only used the law to show us we were sinners and needed Him.
If you are on a different road you are on the wrong road! Fear and following rules do not change you only the gospel will transform us to be like Jesus.
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 3:1-11
Letters of commendation have been in place for a long time. For example John wrote a good report on Demetrius in 3 John and Paul on Onesimus in Philemon.
In the second letter to the Corinthians Paul is writing a letter of commendation about himself.
God alone can make us sufficient to serve Him.
Without Christ we are never sufficient.
Christ strengthens us.
We need the grace of God every day.
Let Christ be our inspiration and example. He is our glory!
Pastor Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 1:14-24
Seeing Jesus work through us is an exciting thing and seeing that work permeate in others is exhilarating. (Romans 12:10)
There is no greater joy than to serve God. The more you do for the Lord, the more you will want to do.
Jesus is our perfect example, the author and finisher of our faith.
He was willing to go to the cross and the joy before Him was us! (Hebrews 12:2)
Paul says the same, all the work he did would be for the joy of seeing the Corinthians well in Christ, he was committed to them. (1 Corinthians 1:20, Romans 15:8-10)
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 1:12-15
There is no perfect church.
People will always divide.
In Christ we are all children of God.
We can still rejoice in one another.
As Jesus says, the gates of hell shall not prevail!
Are we rejoicing in Christ and with one another?
Frank Guglielmo
2 Corinthians 1:3-11, Psalm 103:8-11, 2 Peter 3:9
Following Christ in this world will bring you suffering. In the midst of the suffering there is comfort in Jesus.
He is able to succour us throughout the suffering as we grow in Him through it.
The Holy Spirit within us is called the comforter and just like Christ is comforting us trough tribulation, with this comfort we can comfort others. Jesus said, ” in the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; i have overcome the world.” John 16:33
Keep following Christ with Him near you as your comforter!
Alan Parry – Luke 7:11-17
Jesus performed miracles to prove who He was, to use them as a picture of what He was trying to teach and because He had compassion on people.
Those who had miracles performed on them obeyed Jesus and did what He asked.
We need to do the same, obey and do!
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 1:1-2, 1 Corinthians 4:16, Romans 5:1-2, 1 Peter 5:5, Philippians 4:4
Grace and peace is the blessing of the second letter to the Corinthians. Paul needed Timothy to help his work. What about us? We are called to commit our lives to do the work of God. You need to be a member of a church and serve God together!
Every person in the church is needed, can we be trusted to represent the ministry of our church?
With grace supplied from God, you can do the work!
Alan Parry – Psalm 19
Put on the lens of the Word of God and you will clearly see His way!
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 1:1-2, 1 Corinthians 15:4, Matthew 10:1-14, John 2:16-19, Luke 10:1, 2 Peter 3:15, Acts 15:12, Ephesians 2:19-20
The twelve Apostles were chosen, named and sent out by Jesus with the power given to them to heal and perform miracles.
Paul too was called by Jesus to be an apostle to the Gentiles. (Acts 9:15)
The apostles went forth in faith, trusting Jesus, taking nothing with them, to spread His Word. They did exactly what Jesus asked of them.
Be ready to be called by God, trust in him and move, working for Him!
Learn from the apostles, do we go where the Lord leads us? Live for Jesus!
Frank Guglielmo – 1 Corinthian 3:10-14, Romans 13:8, Luke 2:46
Jesus knew his mission at twelve years of age and was busy doing his Father’s work.
Just like Jesus we should be busy about our Father’s business.
We are called to deliver our story; “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 4:14-17, Luke 11:13, Revelation 2:2, Ephesians 3:17
Since God saved us, He loves us and cares for us!
Therefore we should make God first in our life, do we plan the things of God in our daily TO DO List?
God is our boss, we work for the best boss therefore we need to be the best employee we can be for God.
We are called to produce love through the works of God that keeps multiplying and lasts forever, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement and hear the words “well done my God and faithful servant”.
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 4:7-12
Children have the characteristics of their parents.
If we are God’s children then we take on God’s traits.
God loves, do we? Do people see the love of God in us? Do not live a life of regret – Love!
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 2:2, Hebrews 11:24, Romans 13:8
You can never pay your debt to God, we are as filthy rags and all our works are unrighteous.
Only Jesus paid our debt fully. Not only did he pay our debt, He filled us with His righteousness.
We have no debt now, only to love one another.
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 5:7-8
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 5:4-6
This sermon focusses on the cooperative work of the Son of God and the Spirit of God from the very beginning in the salvation of man. Each plays a vital role in saving us and securing us. The blood of Christ cleanses us and the Spirit of God indwells and seals us unto the day…
The law and the prophets were the record of the Son of God and His interactions among us, and it was the Spirit of God that delivered us the words through Moses and the prophets.
The question of whether your life will be victorious is not really about you but about Him. You see, its not by our effort that His power is realised but as Jesus said, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Frank Guglielmo – Romans 8:1-2
Frank Guglielmo – 1 Corinthians 2:6-7
Alan Parry – 1 Peter 2:1-12
Frank Guglielmo – Acts 2:36-42
Frank Guglielmo – Matthew 13:10-15
Frank Guglielmo – Exodus 32:9-16
Michael Sarraf – John 10:22-42
Alan Parry – Ephesians 6:10-20
Frank Guglielmo – John 12:23-27
Frank Guglielmo – 1 Corinthians 2:12-14
Frank Guglielmo – Habakkuk 2:4
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Peter 1:3-8
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 5:9-15
Frank Guglielmo – 2 Corinthians 5:9-15
Alan Parry – Ephesians 6:10-18
Frank Guglielmo – 1 John 4:2-6
Frank Guglielmo – 1 Corinthians 15:52-58
Alan Parry – Ephesians 6:10-18
Frank Guglielmo – Revelation 17:1-3
Frank Guglielmo – Revelation 12:1-10
Frank Guglielmo – Zechariah 14:1-5
Frank Guglielmo – Ephesians 6:16-20
Frank Guglielmo – Ephesians 6:10-12
Frank Guglielmo – John 10:1-6
Frank Guglielmo – John 1:14-18
Frank Guglielmo – Psalm 127:1-5
Alan Parry – Romans 11:1-36
Frank Guglielmo – Psalm 91:1-16
Frank Guglielmo – Genesis 3:1-24
Rob Apps – Acts 11:19-30
Frank Guglielmo – Ezekiel 28:11-15
Isaac Badry – Romans 1:1-32
Isaac Badry – Matthew 6:1-34
Frank Guglielmo – Genesis 3:1-5
Frank Guglielmo – Ephesians 6:10-20
Frank Guglielmo – Ephesians 3:1-21
Frank Guglielmo – Hebrews 1:1-4
Alan Parry – 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17
Alan Parry – 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18
Alan Parry – Genesis 24:1-67
Frank Guglielmo – Psalms 63:1-11
Frank Guglielmo – Romans 8:1-17
Frank Guglielmo – John 16:7-15
Frank Guglielmo – Acts 2:1-21
Frank Guglielmo – Acts 1:1-5
Frank Guglielmo – Romans 10:4-13
Frank Guglielmo – Mark 11:12-14
Frank Guglielmo – Mark 11:7-11
Alan Parry – Matthew 13:10-30
Frank Guglielmo – Matthew 3:1-3
Frank Guglielmo – Matthew 21:1-11
Frank Guglielmo – Daniel 9:1-3
Frank Guglielmo – Colossians 3:14-21
Kevin Currell – Judges 7:1-10
Frank Guglielmo – Colossians 3:14-17
Frank Guglielmo – Colossians 3:12-13
Alan Parry – Ephesians 3:1-21
Frank Guglielmo – Colossians 3:5-11
Frank Guglielmo – Colossians 3:1-25
Frank Guglielmo – Isaiah 9:6-7
Frank Guglielmo – Galatians 4:1-7
Frank Guglielmo – John 3:16-19
Frank Guglielmo – Isaiah 14:12-14
Frank Guglielmo – Psalm 1:1-4
Frank Guglielmo – Psalm 116:1-19
Frank Guglielmo – Part 3







