A Temple. Imagine what the people of
Corinth thought of Paul’s statement. They were used to seeing beautiful old
Greek temples that had been restored by the Romans at Paul’s time. These
temples honored Apollos, Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Hermes among others. What an
honor to think that our bodies are a
Temple of the Holy Spirit. God the Father paid a huge price for us…He gave up
His only Son so that we could become part of His family. What a trade! But
since God raised Jesus from the dead—it was a win-win situation for Him. He has
Jesus back in Heaven with Him…and we’re in the wings waiting for our cue to go.
OK. In the meantime…our bodies are a Temple for the Holy Spirit. Paul said the
same thing a couple of chapters earlier. Do
you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the
temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. You
are a temple of God…a temple of the Holy Spirit. So that’s what you are…holy. Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself
through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought
you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him
without a single fault. Colossians 1:22 NLT. Pure and spotless—no faults or
blemishes.
Do you feel holy?
Prayer
~ Holy Spirit, wash us white as snow, pure and spotless that we will be able to
stand before the Almighty God—reconciled to Him. I praise You—Father, Son and Holy
Spirit—for You alone are worthy of praise, honor and glory. Come into the
Temple of our hearts that we would be holy unto You.
© 2015 by Mickey
M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise
noted.
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