OCTOBER 25, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

OCTOBER 25 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

We are not merely physical beings. God created us as spiritual beings with a physical body. The Scripture says the, "Lord formed man out of the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." I will readily confess I don't understand all that this encompasses, but clearly our bodies were made for this world, our life comes from God and we are complete in Him...mind, body, soul. We cannot separate these from each other. What I do with my body impacts my mind and soul...it can't help but do that, for that's how we were created. Paul talks about our salvation as that which saves us completely...mind, body and soul.

It was the Gnostics who perpetuated the heresy that you could do anything with your body and it would have no affect on your soul. The world has bought into this lying philosophy and lives in total immortality, deny we that it is what is destroying people, not only physically, but mentally and spiritually. We teach the “how to's” to people when it comes to different physical and even sexual activity...but never consider the impact they have on the whole person. We never sin in body alone. There is no way we can detach our mind and spirit from our body. This is why sexual immorality is so dangerous...it really does destroy us from the inside out. God has called us to walk and live holy lives; it’s not because He wants to take away our "fun"... but because He loves us and wants us to be whole and healthy people...body, mind and soul.

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