Augustine Opines About Heaven (2)

What are you afraid of? Why are you anxious about your body? Jesus promised “Not a hair of your head shall perish” (Luke 21:18). It is true that Adam by his sin condemned your bodies to death but Jesus “will bring to life your mortal bodies” (Romans 8:11). Remember that Paul wrote “You will be delivered from the body of this death” (Romans 7:24). This will happen not by doing away with your body but by receiving another one that cannot die. Let death, the last enemy, be removed and my body will be forever my friend!

Sermon 155.15