Daily Word

The body is not an obstacle to spiritual life – it is its means, its only instrument to reveal and manifest Christ.

Spiritual life can only be realized in and through our body.

Therefore, the body must be placed under the lordship of Christ and permeated by his Spirit: this is our highest responsibility as born-again people.

We have been given the life of God, the life of the Spirit, with the responsibility to realize it, to practice it in our body.

But the life of the spirit reaches the body only via the soul. Therefore, the renewal of the mind/soul and its transformation into a spiritual mind/soul is absolutely necessary (Rom.12:2).

The soul is the life of the body, just as the spirit is the life of the soul.

Our body is determined by the soul, our soul by the spirit.

The great work of placing the body under the dominion of the Spirit is the renewal of the soul.

Our soul is extremely complicated and for the most part badly distorted by sin because it is exposed to the malicious manipulation of the evil spirit world.

The soul is complicated, but the body is simple. It is the means of expression of the soul: a distorted soul results in a distorted body, a spiritual soul forms a spiritual body.

The transformation of the soul is called “renewal” and is a long and complicated process.

The transformation of the body is done through “discipline” and involves bringing one’s body under the dominion of the Holy Spirit. It is a simple task (1 Cor.9:24-27).

When the demons are removed from the soul, it is easy to deal with the demons of the body.

The body is not the obstacle to the spiritual life, it is the means.

Never despise your body.

Never degrade it!