“Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 15:50). Entrance to heaven requires a redeemed body. The body must be rid of the law of sin at work in its members. At the present time, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. The day is coming, however, when instead of being a hindrance to the spirit, the body will be the perfect vessel for the expression of my glorified mind, will, and emotions. Right now, we wear our souls on the inside. But one day we will be “clothed in righteousness” as we wear our souls on the outside, brilliant and glorious.

Joni Eareckson Tada (b. 1949), Autorin, Gründerin von Joni and Friends, Behindertenaktivistin

Related Bible passage: 1CO.15.50

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Illness & Weakness

Occasions: Comfort

Joni Eareckson Tada

Joni Eareckson Tada (* 1949) ist eine US-amerikanische evangelikale Autorin, Künstlerin und Gründerin der christlichen Hilfsorganisation Joni and Friends. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihr weltweites Engagement für Menschen mit Behinderungen sowie ihre pointierten bioethischen Positionen gegen assistierten Suizid und embryonale Stammzellenforschung. Für Bibelleser steht sie für eine Auseinandersetzung mit Leid und Schwachheit, die Schmerz nicht als mangelnden Glauben deutet, sondern das Vertrauen auf Gottes Souveränität betont.

All quotes by Joni Eareckson Tada (37)

More on this topic

I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.

John Piper

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.

C.S. Lewis

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Jim Elliot

I want you to know that we will reach God's kingdom. That's why I am happy today. I am not worried about anything. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming Lord.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Whoever knows Easter cannot despair.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We do not know what is coming; but we know who is coming. That means: losing fear, because I know the final reality.

Helmut Thielicke

Death in its substance has been removed, and only the shadow of it remains… Nobody is afraid of a shadow, for a shadow cannot block a man’s pathway for even a moment. The shadow of a dog can’t bite; the shadow of a sword can’t kill.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

All quotes · lumen.bible

lumen.bible