Our Body as Part of Our Regular Christian Practice
No one denies, of course, that the foundational facts and teaching of the Christian religion essentially concern the human body. The incarnation, the crucifixion, and the resurrection of Christ are bodily events. The broken body and spilled blood of our Lord are celebrated perpetually in the meetings of his people. The gift of himself to us is inseparable from the presence of his body upon the earth and the giving up of it to death upon the cross.
But we seem hard put to understand that what is true of the foundations is no less true of the superstructure. The surrender of myself to him is inseparable from the giving up of my body to him in such a way that it can serve both him and me as a common abode, as John 14:23, 1 Corinthians 6:15-20, and Ephesians 2:22 testify. The vitality and power of Christianity is lost when we fail to integrate our bodies into its practice by intelligent, conscious choice and steadfast intent. It is with our bodies we receive the new life that comes as we enter his Kingdom.
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