"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom ye have of God and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's" ! Cor. 6:19
These carnal Corinthians, "saints, sanctified in Christ Jesus," 1 Cor. 1:2, did not know; they were totally unaware, that their body was the "house of God" the "temple of the Holy Spirit." The tragedy is that most Christians today do not know this wonderful truth or are woefully disrespectful to Him. They "grieve" Him and "quench" Him. Wait unit you see how!
Your body is far more sacred than all the church and cathedral buildings of the world! Don't "defile" your body, "the temple of God" 1 Cor. 2:17. "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body" 6:18. Strong words! God help us.
It is unbiblical to pray to receive the Holy Spirit! If you are born again, you already have the Holy Spirit. "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his," he is not saved? It is as simple as that, Romans 8:9. Make sense?
WHAT A GREAT PROMISE
"Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God" 2:12. Did you catch that? You have the same omniscient Teacher living in you to teach you the Word of God. Isn't that awesome? The same One to lead you! The same one to bless you! Don't quench Him. "Obey the Spirit." Doesn't that make sense? Wait until we see how to "Walk in the Spirit! Yield to Him.
This is the way you have "life more abundantly" John 10:10. "Most live such a subnormal Christian life that when someone lives the normal Christ life, people think they are abnormal" Are you living the normal Biblical Christian life? Get in on it.
Father, let your people comprehend what it means for their body to be the temple of God, the Holy Spirit, and live like Christians ought to live, bringing glory and honor to Your name, in Jesus name.
I PRAYED FOR YOU TODAY, all because of Calvary, sumner
"The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God." - Daniel Webster
"...God holds each one of us personally responsible for his thoughts, words, and actions regardless of external pressures and influences..." - Jay Adams
We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
