Myth, 86

 ~ Physical Body Care Is Not Important For The Christian ~

Myth  ~  Like many myths this misconception can be stated or thought of in many ways. In essence the myth can be summarized this way: Since God cares about my eternal future it is not important for me to take care of my physical body.

A Reversal  ~  In the secular world many are consumed with care of their physical body while totally neglecting their spiritual life. 

The Truth  ~  While certainly from a Christian perspective the spiritual is of higher importance than the physical we are not to neglect our physical well-being.

Scripture definitely tells us that spiritual well-being should be prioritized above physical well-being. 

“But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.  For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come” (1 Timothy 4:7-8).

Residence of the Spirit  ~  The fact that every Christian is a place of residence for the very Spirit of God is a practical reason while we should take care of and maintain our physical bodies. 

Scripture  ~  “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him.  For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). 

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?  For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

“And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?  For you are the temple of the living God.  As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them and walk among them.  I will be their God, and they shall be My people’” (2 Corinthians 6:16).

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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