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  THE BODY IS . . .
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: Physical redemption is a vital and actual union with the risen
body of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which His life comes into our
bodies and makes us strong and healthy.

Topics: "The Body as a Temple", "Union with Christ"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 6:19

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DESCRIPTION
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A.B. Simpson emphasizes the profound connection between believers and
Christ, asserting that true physical life and redemption come through a
personal union with Him. He explains that it is not merely a temporary
restoration of strength but a deep, vital union with the risen Christ
that brings strength, health, and full redemption to our bodies. Simpson
highlights that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, meant to
glorify God, and that we are not our own but have been bought at a
price. This understanding reveals the mystery of the gospel and the
significance of our physical existence in relation to Christ.

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CONTENT
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Just as it was Christ Himself who justified us, and Christ Himself who
was made unto us sanctification, so it is only by personal union with
Him that we can receive this physical life and redemption. indeed, it is
not a touch of power upon our bodies which restores and then leaves them
to the mere resources of natural strength and life for the future.
Rather, it is the vital and actual union of our mortal bodies with the
risen body of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that His own very life comes
into our frames and He is Himself made unto us strength, health and full
physical redemption. He is alive forevermore and condescends to live in
these houses of clay.

They who thus receive Him may know Him as none ever can who exclude Him
from the bodies which He made for Himself.

This is one of the deep and precious mysteries of the gospel. The body
is . . . for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, . . . and ye are
not your own; for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body, which [is] God's (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/the-body-is/
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