New Living Translation (NLT), NLT Every Man's Bible Messenger Edition, Leatherlike, NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, Hardcover, NLT Inspire Bible: The Bible for Creative Journaling, Softcover, NLT Large-Print Inspire Bible: The Bible for Coloring & Creative Journaling, NLT Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition--soft leather-look, brown/tan (indexed) (red letter), NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, Leatherlike Brown/Green/Dark Teal. Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato believed in dualism, which included the idea that your mind (or spirit) is important, but your body isn’t important spiritually. [a] 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. 5 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. Our culture teaches us, “My body is mine to do whatever I want to with it.” But God says, “No, you’re wrong. 6 So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. As we saw earlier, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 tells us that our bodies have been bought! This is definitely an in-your-face, tell-it-like-it-is, no-holds-barred description of what God considers to be the right and wrong use of our bodies. How are they different from what the world says about our physical selves? They devalued the body. Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: Beginning the Journey, You Are Never Alone Week 6 — God Is with You When You Need Grace, How to Make It Through the Holidays When You Don’t Feel Very Grateful, What Am I Supposed to Do With All the Hurt. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.1 Corinthians 7:1-40 - Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. What? But they do. It talks about not taking a brother to court, but rather settling things between you. All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved. God isn’t going to evaluate you on the basis of the bodies He gave to other people, but He will judge what you did with what you have been given. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. Now we naturally rebel against this idea. If we do not fight for our rights in this area, we are not fighting for the rights of our fellow human beings. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? While our culture is obsessed with physical beauty and sexy bodies, many believers ignore their bodies as if they don’t matter. God has a lot to say about the importance of the body He gave you. In The Purpose Driven Life I explain how your life on earth is a test, a trust, and a temporary assignment. Bible Verses About Ten Commandments Bible Verses About Fear But you abuse and vandalize God’s temple, your body, when you deprive it of rest and sleep, overeat, put too much stress on it, and fail to take care of it. We are to bring glory to God with our bodies, so we can’t compartmentalize our lives and think that we can divorce our bodies and live as if only our spirit matters. This is definitely an in-your-face, tell-it-like-it-is, no-holds-barred description of what God considers to be the right and wrong use of our bodies. Let’s remember that God doesn’t speak to our hearts to condemn us but to direct us to what is His best for us! I have listened to thousands of sermons on what God has to say about our souls, our minds, our wills, and our emotions. Answer: While the Bible doesn’t describe in detail the glorified bodies we will receive in heaven, we know that they will be like that of Jesus’ resurrected body. Bible Verses About Forgiveness What impact on our attitude and behavior should the reality of the resurrection bodies have (1 … In this and other passages of Scripture we learn five radical truths about our bodies that run counter-culturally to everything you hear today. 4. Right now you are living in the 1.0 version of your body. Bible Verses About Husbands (Read More...)1 Corinthians 3:16 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?Ephesians 5:3 - But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;Colossians 3:5 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Luke 18:9-14 - And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: (Read More...), Topics and verses are auto-generated from user searches.