Romans: Rooted in Jesus, Bodies

The Apostle Paul exposes faulty thinking in the Corinthian church, 1 Corinthians 5 and 6. In their thinking, since the body is evil and base, what I do with my body doesn’t matter. The result was that believers engaged in immoral behavior, attempting to circumvent God’s call to a holy morality. The loophole they created followed this logic: the body and the soul are separate entities with little relation to each other, therefore, what I do with my body doesn’t matter so long as my heart is pure. We hear similarities today with the trans-movement, which argues that biological gender and psychological gender can be different. This assumes that the body and soul function separately and can be mismatched.

In our text, the Apostle could say, “present your whole person to God,” but he doesn’t. Instead, he says, “present your bodies.” Join us Sunday as we explore the meaning of this important statement and worship the risen embodied Christ.