Philippians 3:20-21 - "20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."
"20But our citizenship is in heaven." - Oh, I'm sorry. You thought you were a U.S. Citizen? Well, technically you still are, but only temporarily. The day you gave your life to Christ, was the day that you started your new found citizenship in the kingdom of heaven where God rules over all and in all. We belong there.
"And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ" - Guess where Jesus is? That's right, in heaven and the Bible says that he is preparing a place for us. One day he will return for us and take us home and I cannot think of anything better in the universe than that day. Neither does Paul, who uses the word "eagerly."
"21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control," - Notice how much power Jesus has. Everything is under his control. Blades of grass and bugs are under his control. People and their lives are under his control. Weather is under his control. The earth's orbit around the sun is under his control. The sun's ability to give us heat and light is under his control. Our galaxy is under his control. The entire universe is under his control and we know that because the Bible tells us that EVERYTHING is under his control.
"will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body." - And by that power, one day we will not live in our finite earthly bodies, but we will be given bodies that will never tire, never fail, never quit. They will be infinite replicas of Jesus' glorious body, meaning it will be a spiritual body. One that cannot die. Jesus will complete the work he started in us by transforming us wholly and making us holy.
Tomorrow we'll start 1st Corinthians Chapter 3
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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