why working out is an act of worship
one of the earliest heresies of the Christian faith was the idea of gnosticism.
Gnostics held that Spiritual things were good and physical things were evil. On this view, salvation comprised of humanity being delivered from the physical realm to enter the spiritual realm
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but this ignores the fact that inherent to the gospel announcement is the fact that Jesus, the preexistent one became incarnate in the likeness of sinful flesh
it ignores the fact that the Christ resurrected in a physical body, will return in a physical body, and reign forever in a physical body
Christ followers then are invited to steward their bodies for it is within them that the Holy Spirit dwells. For Scripture says plainly, your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you
