Notes of Faith October 8, 2025
Better Than Bionic!
The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:42
In the 1970s, Lee Majors starred in The Six Million Dollar Man about an astronaut who was seriously injured in a spaceship crash and rebuilt with bionic parts. Today the concept is no longer science fiction. Doctors can replace organs, bones, corneas, hands and arms, joints and hips, and even faces. Still, only one thing eventually takes care of the aging process—death!
Our earthly bodies are far from perfect, and over time they age and decay. But as Christians we’ll receive new bodies when we get to heaven that are indestructible, incredible, and infinite. They will not get old or break down. From the instant of our resurrection, our new bodies will never wear out nor grow old. They will be totally resistant to deterioration or decay. Your new body will be designed for eternity. It will not be subject to accidents, diseases, aging, or death. It will be pain-free and disease-free. It will never wear out and never die.
If you are ill or hurting today, take a moment to ask God for His healing power, and give thanks for the body to come.
There is a day coming when…all of the maladies of this life are destroyed, when we, in our glorified bodies will live in heaven…eternally fulfilling God’s ordained purpose for us.
Paul P. Enns
1 Cor 15:42-49
42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
The Lord is fixing my mind on things to come rather than on the effects of sin that run rampant on the earth on which we live. Do not dwell on the things of earth but rather the things of heaven and your eternal life in glory with Jesus!
Pastor Dale