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the body without allowing it to indulge itself. One day, the Lord Jesus will come and trans figure the body of humiliation and conform it to the body of His glory.

In Philippians 3:21 Paul says that the trans figuration of the body of humiliation is "accord ing to the operation of Him who is able even to subject all things to Himself." The transfigu ration of our body is by the great power which subjects all things to the Lord (Eph. 1:19-22). This is the almighty power in the whole universe.

I believe that now we can grasp Paul's basic thought in Philippians 3. In this chapter Paul instructs us concerning both how to deal with the soul and how to deal with the body. To deal with the soul, we must count as loss all religious, philosophical, and cultural things so that Christ may occupy our entire being and that we may gain Him to the uttermost. To deal with our body, we should take care of our physical need, but not indulge in excessive physical enjoyment. Our aim should be to care for the body in a proper way that it may be healthy for the Lord's expression. But our intention should not be to glorify the physical body through the over enjoy ment of physical things. Our body is not to be glorified in this way, but is to be glorified at the

time of the Lord's coming back. At that time, He will transfigure our body of humiliation. Thus, we are waiting for Christ to come back that we may be brought into the ultimate consummation of God's salvation—the transfiguration of our body. Day by day, we are undergoing the process of transformation in our soul as we are waiting for the Lord to come to transfigure our body and thereby to bring us into the ultimate consum mation of God's salvation.

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