The sacred life
Thesacredlife by lcl
Gen 2:7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Lev 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for the life of it. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh. For the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
2Sa 14:14 For we must all die, and we areas water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.
Hos 6:2 After two days He will bring us to life; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.
Luk 12:23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Joh 3:36 He who believes on the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
Joh 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears My Word and believes on Him who sent Me has everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death to life.
1Co 15:45 And so it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul,” the last Adam was a life-giving Spirit.
Rev 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one hearing say, Come! And let the one who is thirsty come. And he willing, let him take of the Water of Life freely.
Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Joh 2:21 But He spoke of the temple of His body.
1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,
1Co 6:20 for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1Co 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
We speak of Life being sacred, and it is. But, what are we really describing?
We know our bodies are the temples of God. That they were formed from the ground and, after death deteriorate. But upon entering heaven, the bodies are reconstituted and redeemed into eternal bodies as Christ’s body was. Luke 12:23 describes the body as more than clothing (for the Spirit and soul). Exactly what the “more” is we are not told.
We know that our spirits/souls are eternal and will either continue in harmony and joy with Christ or in torment in a lake of fire with Satan. The spirit is found in the blood.
Life in the body and the spirit is sacred because God is the creator of all life and has created it out of His holyness. It is therefore Holy, belonging to God.
Life on earth is special because it is here that our unfettered choices determine where we will spend eternity. It is also the only time that we may influence others, and they us, about choices and decisions.