Paul McKenzie

Memory Verse, Saturday, December 13, 2 Corinthians 5:3

"if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked."

At that time, a popular philosophy was that the body was kind of a prison, and the spirit within wants to break through and float free. The Bible teaches that the body is integral to man, and will be resurrected into a new, heavenly, spiritual body.

Paul considered a human without a body to be "found naked". It will definitely be different, without imperfections, but we really know little except what we saw in the instances where Jesus appeared with His resurrection body.

There is controversy as to when we receive our "resurrection bodies". Some think that when we are "absent from our bodies" and present with the Lord, that we have some sort of intermediate bodies until the purposes of God are fulfilled.

There are others who think that we leave the mortal "space/time" continuum and have our resurrection bodies immediately. We will be no longer be bound by mortal time and will exist in the eternal state.

Well, it boggles my mind. What I do know is that a believer will "not be found naked", and that we will not be floating spirits, but resurrected men and women with new, resurrected bodies.

And most importantly, "we will be like him, for we shall see him as he is". (1 John 3:2) And in His Presence is where I want to be. How about you?

Today if you hear His voice, harden not your heart.

*ESV used unless noted*

Memory Helps:

"IF indeed by
PUTting it on we
MAY not be
found NAKed."

If you emphasize the capitalized words you can develop a quick rhythm for this one. We can picture our spirit first lifting out of the old body, then immediately dressed with a new body so we are not just a naked spirit without a body.

Of course, I'm not using that rhythm, but continuing the violin exercise. Here is verse three added.

Second part of song to verse 2

D    V     D         V     D     V etc.
FOR IN THIS tent we GROAN23 LONG ing to PUT on our HEAV en ly DWELL2 ing
IF2 in DEED2 by PUT ing it ON we may NOT be found NA ked (by
PUT ting it ON we may NOT be found NAKED)

And, my word picture will have my dear "Ma" in it to represent verses 3, since M=3, vowels fillers. And we see the hand of God clothing her as she rises from her mortal body into the immortal. I imagine something like that when she passed a few years ago. Looking forward to seeing her again!