20.
What is a Spiritual Body?
Answer: It is a body made
in the glorious nature of the Spirit of God, and
therefore incorruptible in life.
Proof:
...there
is a spiritual body... Howbeit that was not first
which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual. (1 Cor.
15:44-46).
That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6).
But
if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8:11).
And
as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall
also bear the image of the heavenly. (1 Cor. 15:49).
For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. (1 Cor. 15:53).
Grace
to you, and peace, from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil. 3:21).

21.
Is a spiritual body like a mortal body?
Answer: It is like it
in shape, but not in nature.
Proof:
...we
shall all be changed... this mortal must put on
immortality. (1 Cor. 15:51-53).
...this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him
go into heaven. (Acts 1:11).
Behold
my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. (Luke
24:39).
...we
shall be like him (1 John 3:2).

22.
What is the difference of nature between a spiritual
body and a mortal body?
Answer:
A mortal body grows old, decays and dies; whereas
a spiritual body lasts forever. A mortal body
is weak; a spiritual body is strong. A mortal
body is corruptible, lustreless, and dishonorable,
whereas a spiritual body is incorruptible, bright,
and glorious. Even the clothes worn by a spiritual
body can become as white as snow and as shining
as the sun.
Proof:
Neither
can they die any more (Luke 20:36).
It
is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory:
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
(1 Cor. 15:42-43).
They
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living
fountains of waters (Rev. 7:16-17).
have
I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (1 Cor. 9:1)
...I saw in the way a light from heaven, above
the brightness of the sun, shining round about
me (Acts 26:13).
...
his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment
was white as the light. (Matt. 17:2).
...they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31).
...they
that be wise shall shine as the brightness of
the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3).

23.
Shall we ever have our mortal bodies changed into
spiritual bodies?
Answer:
All will experience this glorious change who believe,
love, and obey the truth steadfastly to the end.
They will rise from the dead at the coming of
Christ, and appear before him to be judged, along
with all others who are at that time brought to
judgment. When he has separated them from the
unfaithful, the unfaithful will be dismissed from
his presence to shame, corruption, and death,
while they , the accepted, will be changed in
a moment: all in one company, in the likeness
of the body of their glorious judge.
Proof:
...We
[the accepted] shall all be changed, (1 Cor. 15:51).
For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ; that every one may receive the things
done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad. (2 Cor. 5:10).
For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Gal.
6:8).
...he
that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you... if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans
8:11-17).
And
many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt. (Dan. 12:2).
Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name? ... And then will
I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matt. 7:22-23).
For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Gal.
6:8).
And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:46).
For
they themselves shew of us what manner of entering
in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from
idols to serve the living and true God; (1 Thess.
1:9).
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