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OUR  DAILY  BREAD                   Friday,   February 25,1994 
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READ: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

		      
                         "Frozen Heads"

	     [Christ] will transform  our  lowly  
	          body  that  it  may  be
 	       conformed to His glorious body.  
	            - Philippians 3:21

A newspaper article told about  a  California  mathematician
with  a  life-threatening  brain tumor who wants to have his
head quick-frozen while he is still alive.  The  process  is
known   as   cryonic  suspension.   The  man  believes  that
scientists will discover a way to cure his tumor and  attach
his  head  to  a  healthy  body.   He  is  quoted as saying,
"Everyone should be  immortal.   I  am  dying  and  want  to
continue to live."

We can't fault that man for wanting to  live  forever  in  a
healthy  body.   But  we  seriously  question  his method of
fulfilling his desire.  First, he has no assurance that this
expensive  procedure will work.  Second, even if it did, its
benefits would be only temporary.  His new body and old head
would die eventually.

There is a way, however, to secure all the benefits that  he
desires.  It is to receive Jesus as his Savior.  When Christ
returns to this earth, everyone who has trusted in Him  will
get  a  new  body  that  will last forever and will never be
subjected to disease or death.  According to the Bible,  the
Lord Jesus Christ "will transform our lowly body that it may
be conformed to His glorious body" (Phil.  3:21).

With a new, glorified body guaranteed to  those  in  Christ,
who would want a "frozen head"?

Author:  Richard W. De Haan

	He is coming!  I shall know Him,  
	Jesus,  my  beloved  Lord!
	Changed  forever  to  His  likeness - 
	Oh, what joy this will afford!  - Dimmock

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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Because Christ arose with a new body,
   we are guaranteed a new body.

The Bible in One Year:  Numbers 28-30

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