Our Glorified Bodies (2 Of 2)

WHAT KIND OF BODY WILL WE RECEIVE?

The Bible says we are going to receive a body FASHIONED AFTER HIS GLORIFIED BODY.

Look at Philippians 3:21, we read, “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”

In a previous sermon we learned if our bodies are going to be FASHIONED AFTER HIS GLORIFIED BODY, we can see what kind of a body we will have.

We have already seen that -

I OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE LIKE THE BODY OF CHRIST

II. OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE A BODY OF FLESH AND BONES

III. OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE A BODY FILLED WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE.

IV. OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE A BODY WHERE THE SPIRIT DOMINATES.

V. OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE UNLIMITED BY TIME, SPACE AND GRAVITY

If God’s Word stopped there, and our new glorified bodies did not have anything else, it would already be something to thank the Lord for.

But here is the good news, THERE IS MORE!

For example…

I OUR GLORIFIED BODY WILL BE ETERNAL

We are told one of the hardest job in the world is to sell cemetery lots.

Why? Because he/she is selling something nobody wants!

This is why when many die their family has to buy them a lot to be buried.

People do not like the thought of dying.

But we know when we reach a certain age we had better make plans because if we do not make plans for death our family will have to do it for us. AND THIS IS SOMETHING OUR FAMILY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO FOR US IN A TIME OF SORROW!

But when the rapture takes place we are going to receive a glorified body that will live for eternity.

These glorified bodies the Lord is going to give us is going to :

• Put every funeral home out of business.

• Put every doctor out of business.

• Pharmaceutical industry out of business.

• Put every undertaker out of business.

There will be no need of any of these things once we get our glorified bodies when the rapture takes place.

These mortal bodies of ours that we live in are like the automobiles we drive in MANY ways.

Let me tell you a true story about automobiles.

Illus: A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:

Listen to this complaint…

"This is the second time I have written you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I kind of sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream varies, so every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the local store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem.

You see, every time I buy vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: 'What is there about a Pontiac cars that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?'"

The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The letter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.

The engineer returned for three more nights.

• The first night, the man got chocolate. The car started.

• The second night, he got strawberry. The car started.

• The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.

Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem.

And toward this end he began to take notes: he jotted down all sorts of data, time of day, type of gas used, time to drive back and forth, etc.

In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to find the flavor and get checked out.