Welcome to Scripture Saturday!
Today, we begin our memorization of verses found in 1 Corinthians with 6:19-20….
"Or do you not know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit with you, whom you have from God?
You are to your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in
your body."
Here is the amplified version…
"Do you not know that your body
is the temple, the very sanctuary, of the Holy Spirit Who lives with
you, Whom you have received, as a Gift, from God? You are not your own.
You were bought with a price, purchased with a preciousness and paid
for, made His own. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your
body."
Matthew Henry commented on these verses, and I wanted to share his wisdom….
~ Every Christian is a living
temple of the living God. God dwelt in the Jewish temple, took
possession of it, and resided in it, by that glorious cloud that was the
token of His presence with that people. So Christ by His Spirit dwells
in all true believers. The temple was devoted and consecrated to God,
and set apart from every common to a holy use, to the immediate service
of God. So all Christians are separated from common uses, and set apart
for God and His service. They are sacred to Him—a very good argument
this against all fleshly lusts, and all doctrines that give countenance
to them. If we are the temples of God, we must do nothing that shall
alienate ourselves from Him, or corrupt and pollute ourselves, and
thereby unfit ourselves for His use; and we must hearken to no doctrine
nor doctor that would seduce us to any such practices. Note, Christians
are holy by profession, and should be pure and clean both in heart and
conversation. We should heartily abhor, and carefully avoid, what will
defile God’s temple, and prostitute what ought to be sacred to Him. ~