Section 6
mind without a tumor, a mind filled with Christ and occupied with seeking Christ, gaining Him, and enjoying Him. In order to have such a mind, we must be operated on by the Lord and have our psychological tumor removed. Oh, may the Lord show us how we need such a mind!
THE PHYSICAL BODY AND
ITS ENJOYMENT
After dealing with the soul in Philippians 3:1-16, Paul goes on to deal with the body in 3:17-21. These five verses deal with physical enjoyment, especially as practiced by the Epi cureans. As genuine seekers of Christ, we need surgery to eliminate our religious and philo sophical thoughts, and we also need a proper dealing with the physical body. In verse 19 Paul speaks of those "whose god is the belly," but in verses 20 and 21 he says that we are awaiting the Lord Jesus Christ, "who will transfigure the body of our humiliation, conforming it to the body of His glory." In these verses Paul deals with the physical body and its enjoyment.
Paul says in verse 17, "Be imitators together of me, brothers, and observe attentively those who thus walk as you have us for an example." The example here does not refer to what Paul