"Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God" (1 Peter 4:2,3).
Christ has redeemed the flesh through his obedience, his teaching and his suffering. The Bible uses flesh to indicate that dimension of life which is lived in opposition to God. Though man was created in the image of God, our flesh has been cursed because of the fall. Flesh that was in harmony with the spirit of man and the will of God became an enemy. Jesus came to the world and assumed the flesh of man in order to overturn the curse and restore wholeness to man and return man to fellowship with the will of God. Through faith in Christ our flesh no longer wars with our spirit and we have peace in God. It is through this peace that we find meaning in our time in the flesh. We now live in the flesh, not under the curse, but for the will of God. Because of this truth we find meaning and purpose because we suffer. Through Christ we now understand suffering as death to the way of sin and life in God.
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