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":42276,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/will-i-be-aware-of-my-body-decomposing\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":1},"title":"Will I be aware of my body decomposing?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a random question about death that I was hoping you could answer. When I die will I be aware of my body decomposing? I'm afraid of that and afraid of bugs and worms eating my body. Will I truly not be in the grave? 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":88752,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/redemption-of-the-body\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":2},"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":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":4640,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-jesus-comes-again-who-will-be-raised\/","url_meta":{"origin":97035,"position":4},"title":"When Jesus comes again, who will be raised?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Concerning when Jesus comes again, who will be raised? Just a few chosen or everyone? What about all the aborted babies? Have the saints already risen? I have so many questions on the subject that I don't know how to ask them all. If all the poor aborted babies\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