If a human being tries to seat himself in the “place of honor,” he will ultimately be put to shame; but if he seats himself in the “lowest place” (the place of Jesus Christ), God will exalt him. “Now He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, “Give your place to this man,” and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place. But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, “Friend, move up higher”; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be e...
Past body, Present body,
Future body
(1) Past body:
In the past, our body was the body of sin (Rom.
6:6).
The body of sin refers to the body of the old
self (v. 6).
The body of sin originally became a living being
when God formed the first man, Adam, from the
dust
and breathed life into his nostrils (Gen. 2:7;
see also 1 Cor. 15:45).
However, due to Adam's sin, sin entered into the
body.
Thus, the body of sin, which is our past body
(the old self), is like Cain (Jn. 3:12),
a body that hates brothers and commits murder (v.
15).
(2) Present body:
Now, our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit,
in which the Holy Spirit resides (1 Cor. 6:19).
This present body is a new creation, the body of
the new self (2 Cor. 5:17),
and the body of the slave to righteousness (Rom.
6:18).
The body of the slave to righteousness practices
righteousness (1 Jn. 2:29).
In other words, the body of the new self, the
slave to righteousness,
obeys the command to love one another
according to the Lord's commandments (Jn 13:11,
23).
Additionally, the body of the slave to
righteousness,
as the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19),
is a body that produces the fruit of the Spirit,
love (Gal. 5:22),
and is a body that cannot help but love.
(3) Future body:
In the future,
our bodies will undergo a transformation (resurrection) at the coming of
Jesus.
Although our bodies are currently perishable,
on the day when Jesus returns,
our perishable bodies will be transformed into glorious bodies,
resembling the glorious body of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, we will enter into heaven.
This future body will be imperishable, glorious (spiritual),
and a body of the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:42-44),
resembling the body of those who belong to heaven,
just like the body of Christ, who comes from heaven (v. 48).
The Lord will transform our lowly bodies
so that they will be like his glorious body
(Phil. 3:21).
[The Lord will cleanse the church with water and make it holy by the
word,
presenting it as a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any other
blemish
but holy and blameless before Him (Eph. 5:26-27)].
This future glorious body will fully obey the twofold commandment of the
Lord in heaven,
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind”
and Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mt. 22:37, 39).
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