A Body Pleasing to God 1 Corinthians 15:38

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, “that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be,”, and in chapter fifteen and verse thirty-eight of First Corinthians, Paul told the church members how, “God gives it a body as it has pleased him”, where we read:

But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

The verse begins, “But God gives it a body as it has pleased him,...” Paul began with the word, “But” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “gives” or “grants, bestows, supplies, furnishes and delivers” “it a body” which means “a living corpse” “as it has pleased him” or “that He wills, has in mind, intends, purposes, desires and wishes”. God decides what “body” that will come from the “seed” that is “sown”.

The verse goes on to say, “ ...and to every seed his own body.” Paul added the word, “and to every seed” which means “to each, all, the whole and everyone of the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants” “his own body” which means “living corpse that pertains to itself”. God gives “each and every” “seed” that is planted it own particular shape and encompassing corpse.

When we consider these words from Paul, we understand that God is in control of the shapes of the bodies which come from “seeds”. These plants have their own unique shape and size, and no two are alike. Jesus Christ has in mind the “eternal body” He has planned for those who believe in Him, and if we wonder what our “Heavenly body” shall look like, we only need to remember that God Almighty is in control of all the bodies that are created and made.

Next time Paul shares with the church members how, “all flesh is not the same”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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