Becoming Physically Alive // Fully Alive [Part 4]

But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. Habakkuk 2:4b (MSG)

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2 (NIV)

“We don’t become more spiritual by becoming less human.” -Eugene Peterson

My body has value because…

1. My body is a member of Christ.

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?” 1 Corinthians 6:15 (NIV)

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)

2. My body is a sacred place for God’s Spirit.  

“Or didn’t you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit?” 1 Corinthians 6:19 (MSG)  

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)

“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” – John Maxwell

3. My body is not my own.  

“…You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

“You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.” 1 Peter 1:18-19 (NCV)  

“By His power God raised the Lord Jesus from the dead, and He will raise us also.” 1 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV)