The Verse of the Day

-August 12, 2020-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

-Bought With Price: Our Bodies Are The Temple Of The Holy Spirit.

“Or do not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which are God’s.”

The NT emphasizes that God calls us to personal holiness. Paul tells us that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. One of the main sins in Paul’s day was sexual immorality, and the saints needed to flee immorality and live consecrated lives. In the verse prior to our text, we read, “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body” (1 Corinthians 6:18).

No believer would ever desecrate a temple or place of worship. Paul calls his readers in Corinth to higher living in sanctification and separation from sin and this world. Since we have received Christ and been bought with His blood, we are not our own. We belong to Jesus now. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit and we need take care of them spiritually, morally, and physically.

Paul gives us the key to godly living in this ungodly world: “…therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which are God’s. Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians was, “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

Since the Holy Spirit dwells in us, He convicts us when we sin or need to correct something we said or did that hurt someone and or displeased the Lord in some way. We can call it our E.A.S. (Early Alert System). The Holy Spirit keeps from doing wrong if we listen; He also convicts us after we have done wrong so we can confess our sin and be forgiven.

May the Lord help us today to remember that we are not our own but have been bought with a price, the blood of Christ. Let us glorify God in our body and in our spirit. Temptation and sin is everywhere around us. The key to victory is through the Holy Spirit using the Holy Scriptures to produce in us holy lives. We must be on guard every moment against Satan’s attacks.

Have a blessed day glorifying God in our body and spirit. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean