by David Gibson<\/p>\n
In this life, we who are Christians are “at home in the body<\/em>” (II Corinthians 5:6). At death, our spirit is separated from our body (James 2:26). After death, we are “absent from the body<\/em>” and are “present with the Lord<\/em>” (II Corinthians 5:8).<\/p>\n When Christ returns, He “will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory<\/em> . . .” (Philippians 3:21; see I Corinthians 15:42-58).<\/p>\n In this life we dwell in a body that is mortal (capable of dying). After the resurrection we will be given an immortal body (untouchable by death). Amazing!<\/p>\n “Or do you not know<\/em>,” Paul writes, “that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit . . . and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body<\/em>” (I Corinthians 6:19-20).<\/p>\n Paul urges believers to “present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service<\/em>” (Romans 12:1 KJV).<\/p>\n How then could we let sin reign in our bodies or use our eyes, ears, hands, feet, tongue, etc. as “instruments of unrighteousness<\/em>” (Romans 6:12-13 KJV)? “. . the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body<\/em>” (I Corinthians 6:13 KJV).<\/p>\n Someday each of us will be “recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad<\/em>” (II Corinthians 5:10). So what we do with our bodies is of eternal consequence!<\/p>\n Paul prayed that “your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ<\/em>” (I Thessalonians 5:23 KJV).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by David Gibson The body: present and future In this life, we who are Christians are “at home in the body” (II Corinthians 5:6). At death, our spirit is separated from our body (James 2:26). After death, we are “absent from the body” and are “present with the Lord” (II Corinthians 5:8). When Christ returns,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[1254],"class_list":["post-97035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-body"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90678,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/mortal-swallowed-up-in-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":0},"title":"Mortal Swallowed up in Life","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh DeLong Text: II Corinthians 5 The resurrection of Jesus is the pattern for us, for we will be raised in immortal or changed form if alive at His coming. (Romans 8:11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; II Corinthians 4:14) Thus, the first part of this chapter.\u00a0In\u00a0this\u00a0mortal body, we long for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98153,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-earthly-tent\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":1},"title":"Our Earthly Tent","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh DeLong Paul faced many worldly problems because he endured persecution for preaching the gospel. He lists many of them in II Corinthians 11. These were so severe that he \"despaired even of life\" (II Corinthians 1:8). 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And is cremation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91321,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/questions-about-the-body-soul-spirit-and-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":3},"title":"Questions about the body, soul, spirit, and death","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Jeffrey, I listened to your Bible lesson on the body, spirit, and soul, and it was very helpful. I have some questions and thought I would like to run them by you (my Bible quotes are from KJV): The Body, Soul, and Death Genesis 2:7 breathed into his nostrils\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88752,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/redemption-of-the-body\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":4},"title":"Redemption of the Body","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton We were redeemed from sin and condemnation by the blood of Christ when we were baptized into Him (Acts 2:38; Romans 6:3-6). But, now we are waiting for \"the adoption, the redemption of our body\" (Romans 8:23). Paul's soul was already \"adopted.\" \"We received (past tense)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14269,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-gods-view-pertaining-to-cremation\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":5},"title":"What is God’s view pertaining to cremation?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is God's view pertaining to cremation? Answer: When a person dies, his spirit leaves his body. In speaking of his death, Peter said, \"knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me\" (II Peter 1:14). 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The body in view of eternity<\/h2>\n