The VESSEL
Written by: Bruce Shaulis October 16, 2017
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to POSSESS HIS VESSEL in sanctification and honour;
1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-4
Paul chooses an interesting way to describe our body. He calls it a VESSEL. VESSEL= a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.
That is exactly what our body is, A HOLLOW CONTAINER. If you have ever watched someone die you will have to admit that after the person has passed their body looks only like inanimate material. You can tell there is no more life in it. That is because the person has left their CONTAINER. The person is a spirit who controls that container as long as they dwell in it. But after they leave it, it can no longer function because the spirit IS THE LIFE OF THE BODY. JOHN 6:63
That is exactly what the body of Jesus is, the CONTAINER of GOD. God is a Spirit. JOHN 4:24 He DWELLE…
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to POSSESS HIS VESSEL in sanctification and honour;
1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-4
Paul chooses an interesting way to describe our body. He calls it a VESSEL. VESSEL= a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.
That is exactly what our body is, A HOLLOW CONTAINER. If you have ever watched someone die you will have to admit that after the person has passed their body looks only like inanimate material. You can tell there is no more life in it. That is because the person has left their CONTAINER. The person is a spirit who controls that container as long as they dwell in it. But after they leave it, it can no longer function because the spirit IS THE LIFE OF THE BODY. JOHN 6:63
That is exactly what the body of Jesus is, the CONTAINER of GOD. God is a Spirit. JOHN 4:24 He DWELLE…
