Your Body Is Important To Your Spirit

Hi everyone,

Still on our body, [following yesterday’s write-up], is very important to God. Some think the body is not important to God since we would drop this body here on earth and pick up a brand new one. But let me give you a surprise, we won’t get any brand new body with the old one, because it is the old one that is transformed into a brand new body (ref.: 1 Thessalonians 4:16), just the way a butterfly metamorphoses into a full-grown butterfly. This implies that we are to take good care of our bodies.

The Amplified Bible puts 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 thus, “Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, ₂₀ you were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So, then, honour God and bring to Him in your body.” The Holy Spirit dwells in our bodies which is to serve as a sanctuary to the Lord God Almighty. This happened the moment you receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit into your life; this goes to show that the Holy Spirit is meant to be present in our body. And for the Holy Spirit to be present in our body implies He is also very present in our soul: our mind, will and emotions.

Another thing we are to understand about our body, as a Son of God is that God doesn’t dwell in inferior things, which implies that for God to dwell in our body as Holy Spirit, His perfection has taken place in the body, thus no sickness, cancer, depression, immorality acts [which was what led to the verse in the first place], old age, death and others from the first Adam. It is only that which pertains to the finished work of Jesus on the cross, which was established through His resurrection that is meant to dwell in our body.

Do not treat your body anyhow, also do not be over conscious of it, we are to understand that God owns our body and we are to honour Him as we dwell in it. We cannot live however we please. And just as the Message Bible puts verse 20 of 1 Corinthians 6, “The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.”

We are to allow the Holy Spirit to guide us on how we are to treat our body, this is very important. And the truth of the whole matter is that our Spirit, soul and body all belongs to God.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)