Emphasis Preaching Journal

Here is a clear distinction between body and soul. Our bodies make constant demands upon us. Hunger must be satisfied, thirst quenched. Our bodies tire and so we rest. We are engulfed in the demands of the body. So we shop for extra clothes, for vitamins that promise to restore health or keep our skin youthful. It is that same body that gets us into trouble with demands that should not be satisfied. We eat too much; we are tempted to sin. That is why Scripture says that our bodies are dead, that is, doomed to destruction, because of sin.