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I Corinthians 6.19, 20 (NIV)
Do you not know that
your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God
with your body.
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| His holiness demands our holiness.* |
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Have you ever had a bad roommate? How unpleasant it is
to share your living space with someone who is incompatible! Wherever we go, we carry the Holy Spirit with
us - until we pollute the living space and he finds us to be incompatible as
roommates. We lie to ourselves if we think that what we do physically has
nothing to do with us spiritually. “Body and
soul are the Lord’s. You cannot sin with the body and keep the ‘soul’ untarnished."* Knowing this, how can we participate in conduct that is not appropriate to
the dwelling of God?
We are not cheap houses. We don’t even own our houses.
Jesus bought them with his blood. Because of this, Paul says we should honor
God with our bodies. In fact, the only way we can honor God is with our bodies because our spirits don’t live outside of our bodies. The body is “an
instrument to be used . . . in the service of God and for his glory."*
Considering the price he paid, that’s not asking too
much!
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| God is not ours to possess. We are God’s to be possessed by.* |
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