This is the manuscript of the sermon preached at Christ Church, Los Angeles, CA on Sunday February 17, 2019. It is the third in the "You Are A New Creation" series.
This new creation was brought about by the will of God. He created something entirely fresh and unique. The new creation is completely new, created from nothing, just as the whole universe was created by God... from nothing. The change from the old creation into the new takes place in the heart, mind, and body. Change starts in the heart but change also takes place in the mind. With renewed hearts and minds the next obvious place that renewal needs to happen is in the body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
To hear the audio click on the YouTube image at the end of the manuscript.
Sermon
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 ESV From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
This is the fourth sermon in our series on the new creation of God - You! As we’ve said every week the Word of God tells us that when we are saved and justified by the free gift of God’s grace that we become a new creation.
Being a new creation in Christ means that the old sinful person you once were has gone as a result of the finished work of Christ.
God never tries to save our old nature. He doesn't have a program to improve, develop or save the old you. He create you again brand new.
You don't become perfect but you do become righteous or right with God and He starts the process of sanctification during which you become renewed. In other words; made like new, restored to freshness, or perfection; made new spiritually.
The last two weeks I said that renewal takes in our hearts, the center of physical and spiritual life, and in the mind which is the key to the Christian life. That’s why it’s important that we ask God to continually renew our hearts, as well as our minds.
Psalms 51:10 ESV Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Romans 12:2 ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
With renewed hearts and minds the next obvious place that renewal needs to take place is in our bodies because we are made up of spirit, soul, and body.
Renewal also takes place in our bodies
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
This has nothing to do with the way our bodies look or the shape they are in. Of course, if we are physically able we should exercise, and we should control our diets, but that's not the kind of renewal I'm talking about.
Renewal of your body is part of your complete sanctification
What does it mean to be completely sanctified? To be completely set apart for God? That means all of you and in whatever physical condition you are in.God wants to bless you and use you spiritually, mentally and physically. One day any and all imperfections will be done away with but until then God continues the work of santification.
Romans 12:1-2 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
I referred to this scripture last week when we talked about our renewed minds, but when Paul wrote the church in Rome he wasn’t just talking about our minds he was talking about our entire being, including our bodies being conformed to God’s perfect will.
You see the Jewish believers presented sacrifices to the Lord on the altar before the tabernacle, in the wilderness, and the temple in Jerusalem. These were sacrifices outside their bodies. They sacrificed bulls goats, sheep, doves, and grain. However we Christian believers are to offer our own bodies to God as a living holy sacrifice. That means all of us. Our hearts, minds or souls, and our bodies.
In order to do this we must stop conforming to the world and renew our minds through the word of God. When we do that we can then, and only then, worship the way that Jesus said that we should worship and that is in spirit and truth.
He said that in response to a question a lady asked Him about worship at a well in Samaria.
The complete encounter is in John chapter 4 and I encouraged you to read it but today I only want to mention how Jeaus said we should worship.
John 4:19-24 (NLT)19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
You can’t separate your body from your spirit and your soul or mind so to worship in spirit and in truth our bodies must be renewed too.
Too many of us try to compartmentalize our lives. We think that what we do with our bodies doesn’t affect our spirit or mind. We think that what goes on in our minds doesn’t affect our spirit or bodies. That’s not true we are the total of spirit, soul and body. They can’t be separated.
In the last two weeks I emphasized the importance of your renewed heart and mind, but God wants your body too. He wants it because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
For many of us that's maybe too much to handle, but don’t get discouraged, God will take care of making it happen.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
We need to work with God to allow Him to sanctify our bodies as well as our hearts and minds.
.
Notice that I said that God is the one who sanctifies us and He does it in this order, spirit, soul and body.
We first must have our sins forgiven and receive the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:9-11 ESV You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
When that happens at salvation, and only then can we become all that God wants us to become with renewed hearts, minds and bodies.
This new creation was brought about by the will of God. He created something entirely fresh and unique. The new creation is completely new, created from nothing, just as the whole universe was created by God... from nothing. The change from the old creation into the new takes place in the heart, mind, and body. Change starts in the heart but change also takes place in the mind. With renewed hearts and minds the next obvious place that renewal needs to happen is in the body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
To hear the audio click on the YouTube image at the end of the manuscript.
Sermon
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 ESV From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
This is the fourth sermon in our series on the new creation of God - You! As we’ve said every week the Word of God tells us that when we are saved and justified by the free gift of God’s grace that we become a new creation.
Being a new creation in Christ means that the old sinful person you once were has gone as a result of the finished work of Christ.
God never tries to save our old nature. He doesn't have a program to improve, develop or save the old you. He create you again brand new.
You don't become perfect but you do become righteous or right with God and He starts the process of sanctification during which you become renewed. In other words; made like new, restored to freshness, or perfection; made new spiritually.
The last two weeks I said that renewal takes in our hearts, the center of physical and spiritual life, and in the mind which is the key to the Christian life. That’s why it’s important that we ask God to continually renew our hearts, as well as our minds.
Psalms 51:10 ESV Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Romans 12:2 ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
With renewed hearts and minds the next obvious place that renewal needs to take place is in our bodies because we are made up of spirit, soul, and body.
Renewal also takes place in our bodies
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
This has nothing to do with the way our bodies look or the shape they are in. Of course, if we are physically able we should exercise, and we should control our diets, but that's not the kind of renewal I'm talking about.
Renewal of your body is part of your complete sanctification
What does it mean to be completely sanctified? To be completely set apart for God? That means all of you and in whatever physical condition you are in.God wants to bless you and use you spiritually, mentally and physically. One day any and all imperfections will be done away with but until then God continues the work of santification.
Romans 12:1-2 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
I referred to this scripture last week when we talked about our renewed minds, but when Paul wrote the church in Rome he wasn’t just talking about our minds he was talking about our entire being, including our bodies being conformed to God’s perfect will.
You see the Jewish believers presented sacrifices to the Lord on the altar before the tabernacle, in the wilderness, and the temple in Jerusalem. These were sacrifices outside their bodies. They sacrificed bulls goats, sheep, doves, and grain. However we Christian believers are to offer our own bodies to God as a living holy sacrifice. That means all of us. Our hearts, minds or souls, and our bodies.
In order to do this we must stop conforming to the world and renew our minds through the word of God. When we do that we can then, and only then, worship the way that Jesus said that we should worship and that is in spirit and truth.
He said that in response to a question a lady asked Him about worship at a well in Samaria.
The complete encounter is in John chapter 4 and I encouraged you to read it but today I only want to mention how Jeaus said we should worship.
John 4:19-24 (NLT)19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
You can’t separate your body from your spirit and your soul or mind so to worship in spirit and in truth our bodies must be renewed too.
Too many of us try to compartmentalize our lives. We think that what we do with our bodies doesn’t affect our spirit or mind. We think that what goes on in our minds doesn’t affect our spirit or bodies. That’s not true we are the total of spirit, soul and body. They can’t be separated.
In the last two weeks I emphasized the importance of your renewed heart and mind, but God wants your body too. He wants it because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
For many of us that's maybe too much to handle, but don’t get discouraged, God will take care of making it happen.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
We need to work with God to allow Him to sanctify our bodies as well as our hearts and minds.
.
Notice that I said that God is the one who sanctifies us and He does it in this order, spirit, soul and body.
We first must have our sins forgiven and receive the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:9-11 ESV You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
When that happens at salvation, and only then can we become all that God wants us to become with renewed hearts, minds and bodies.
Photo by Edgar Chaparro on Unsplash Scriptures about Fitness of our Renewed Bodies
Remember our scripture from earlier?
Romans 12:1 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Here are two things you can do with your renewed body that are acts of worship:
1. Cleanse our bodies.
2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
You cleanse your body by controlling what you allow into your mind through what you watch, listen to, and read.
We may not be able to stop certain thoughts from entering our mind. It’s what we do with that thought that’s important. Our immediate response to that thought shows whether or not we are renewing our mind.
We must accept our responsibility in the renewing our minds. We need to learn to think like God thinks. We need to get rid of our sinful attitudes, our negative, critical ways of thinking, our selfish thoughts.
Philippians 4:8 ESV Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
2. Care for your body
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
We all are told from Scripture to take care of our physical bodies because that’s where the Holy Spirit resides, but more so, we are to yield the members of our body to God for His glory and to bring glory to the Son of God, making ourselves a living sacrifice.
This doesn’t mean that you have to have the perfect body but care for what you have.
There is a powerful evangelical Christian author by the name of Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni is a quadriplegic as the result of a an accident where she misjudged he shallowness of the water in Chesapeake Bay as she dived in. She suffered a fracture between the fourth and fifth cervical levels and became a quadriplegic. She is a powerful testimony of how God can use a mangled body if we take care of it.
Several years ago I saw a man who had been burned severely as a soldier in Vietnam. His face and limbs were all contorted but he was preaching and praising God and was a powerful witness even in his mangled physical condition, but he did the things necessary just like Joni Eareckson Tada in order to use their renewed bodies for God’s glory.
We can do the same no matter the condition of our bodies. God can use them so care for your body and make it available to God.
3. Control your body.
1 Thessalonians 4:1, 3-8 ESV Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Here Paul is talking about sexual sin but the point is that you can, with the help of the Holy Spirit, control your body so that it doesn’t control you. There is no reason to say, “I couldn’t help myself!” No the devil did make you do it.
James 1:13-15 ESV Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
But That's Only Part of the Story
God has created us body and soul, and the fact the Jesus came and sacrificed Himself for us, means that we are valuable to God, in fact I heard a preacher say last night that we you are invaluable. As Christians, we understand that we have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and all of our lives belong to Him, as do our renewed bodies. Therefore, we should honor God in all aspects of our lives, and this includes taking care of our bodies. Christians should be better stewards of our bodies, no matter what shape they are in, because we know that they are temples, valuable and a testimony of our relationship to Christ for others to see.
God has a purpose for each one of us. Some of us know our purpose while others are still in the process of uncovering it. When we know our purpose, God uses it to enable us to renew His kingdom, but in order to renew His kingdom; we must continually renew our purpose and ourselves. Don't let God's purpose for your life become stale and feel old to you. Allow God to renew His purpose in such a way that it feels as fresh as the day you first uncovered it. Ask Him to expand your purpose and show you specifically the ways you can contribute to renewing His kingdom in the same way He has renewed your life and purpose.
Now here's the rest of the story. There is a day coming when our sanctification and renewal will be compete. That day will be the day that Jesus Christ returns to the earth to once and for all eliminate sin and death. Believers who have died will be united with their glorified bodies and the bodies of those who are still alive, when Christ returns to the earth well be instantly changed to glorified bodies. The living and the dead will have their old bodies made new, glorified.
John 5:25-29 ESV "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 John 3:2-3 ESV Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
1 Corinthians 15:51-55 ESV Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
Everything will be glorified and perfect No more sickness. No more physical limitations. No more emotional struggles. No more being out of shape physically. No more being overweight. No more fighting the sins that we do with and in our bodies. No more death.
Remember our scripture from earlier?
Romans 12:1 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Here are two things you can do with your renewed body that are acts of worship:
1. Cleanse our bodies.
2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
You cleanse your body by controlling what you allow into your mind through what you watch, listen to, and read.
We may not be able to stop certain thoughts from entering our mind. It’s what we do with that thought that’s important. Our immediate response to that thought shows whether or not we are renewing our mind.
We must accept our responsibility in the renewing our minds. We need to learn to think like God thinks. We need to get rid of our sinful attitudes, our negative, critical ways of thinking, our selfish thoughts.
Philippians 4:8 ESV Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
2. Care for your body
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
We all are told from Scripture to take care of our physical bodies because that’s where the Holy Spirit resides, but more so, we are to yield the members of our body to God for His glory and to bring glory to the Son of God, making ourselves a living sacrifice.
This doesn’t mean that you have to have the perfect body but care for what you have.
There is a powerful evangelical Christian author by the name of Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni is a quadriplegic as the result of a an accident where she misjudged he shallowness of the water in Chesapeake Bay as she dived in. She suffered a fracture between the fourth and fifth cervical levels and became a quadriplegic. She is a powerful testimony of how God can use a mangled body if we take care of it.
Several years ago I saw a man who had been burned severely as a soldier in Vietnam. His face and limbs were all contorted but he was preaching and praising God and was a powerful witness even in his mangled physical condition, but he did the things necessary just like Joni Eareckson Tada in order to use their renewed bodies for God’s glory.
We can do the same no matter the condition of our bodies. God can use them so care for your body and make it available to God.
3. Control your body.
1 Thessalonians 4:1, 3-8 ESV Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Here Paul is talking about sexual sin but the point is that you can, with the help of the Holy Spirit, control your body so that it doesn’t control you. There is no reason to say, “I couldn’t help myself!” No the devil did make you do it.
James 1:13-15 ESV Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
But That's Only Part of the Story
God has created us body and soul, and the fact the Jesus came and sacrificed Himself for us, means that we are valuable to God, in fact I heard a preacher say last night that we you are invaluable. As Christians, we understand that we have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and all of our lives belong to Him, as do our renewed bodies. Therefore, we should honor God in all aspects of our lives, and this includes taking care of our bodies. Christians should be better stewards of our bodies, no matter what shape they are in, because we know that they are temples, valuable and a testimony of our relationship to Christ for others to see.
God has a purpose for each one of us. Some of us know our purpose while others are still in the process of uncovering it. When we know our purpose, God uses it to enable us to renew His kingdom, but in order to renew His kingdom; we must continually renew our purpose and ourselves. Don't let God's purpose for your life become stale and feel old to you. Allow God to renew His purpose in such a way that it feels as fresh as the day you first uncovered it. Ask Him to expand your purpose and show you specifically the ways you can contribute to renewing His kingdom in the same way He has renewed your life and purpose.
Now here's the rest of the story. There is a day coming when our sanctification and renewal will be compete. That day will be the day that Jesus Christ returns to the earth to once and for all eliminate sin and death. Believers who have died will be united with their glorified bodies and the bodies of those who are still alive, when Christ returns to the earth well be instantly changed to glorified bodies. The living and the dead will have their old bodies made new, glorified.
John 5:25-29 ESV "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 John 3:2-3 ESV Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
1 Corinthians 15:51-55 ESV Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
Everything will be glorified and perfect No more sickness. No more physical limitations. No more emotional struggles. No more being out of shape physically. No more being overweight. No more fighting the sins that we do with and in our bodies. No more death.
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