Cell Phones; The Really Smart Ones Have Belly Buttons!

During a Bible Class I used this analogy.  I asked every one who had a cell phone to hold it up, only one person did not have a phone.  I didn't ask why.  I grabbed about a half dozen and set them up on the white board ledge for all to see.  Then I said this;

As we look at these cell phones, many if not all in the room have several similarities.  As a matter of fact, from a distance they look almost alike.  Even the owners might have a problem picking their phone out of the crowd from a distance beyond ten to fifteen feet.  Their are some things that make the phones stick out (unique) amongst others such as a pink case cover but other than that they are pretty much the same.

Most of the phones work the same, almost all have certain similar functions (i.e. text and camera).  The "smart" phones have the ability to do more computer functions and the really smart phones (iPhone) have belly buttons!  With all that said, it is not what is on the outside that makes the phones different, but mostly what is on the inside.  Now even amongst the same phones, the difference is in the programming or software per say.  Ironically, the exact same two phones, one "stock" and the other loaded with extra software, weigh the same.  What makes the phones unique is not in the mass?  Unless the phones are seriously damaged the "data can be transferred to another phone.  As the old data is transferred to a new upgraded glorified model, it might work faster and have better color and so on.

1Co 15:47-57 NLT  Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second Man, came from heaven.  (48)  Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly Man.  (49)  Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly Man.  (50)  What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.  (51)  But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!  (52)  It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.  (53)  For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.  (54)  Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die [and our mortal bodies have been transformed into immortal bodies], this Scripture will be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory.  (55)  O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? "  (56)  For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.  (57)  But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

You see, we are Spirit beings that posses a Soul and live in a Body.  At a distance we all look pretty much alike.  Yes some have pink hair but other than that we are pretty much the same.  When those who die in Christ (simply meaning that you have put your faith and trust in Him alone and repented of your sins) are raised again with Him in Glory, our software / data after filtering out all of the defects will be transferred to our updated Glorified Body.  Who I really am is not what you see, but what has been programmed into me.  Our world puts so much emphasis on what we see when we are told it will die!

I am headed for an upgrade - are you?