Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

I know I'm about to do some serious meddling but too often this important issue of our physical well-being is ignored.  A sobering passage for those of us who are Christians is found in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "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."  Could the point be stated more clearly?  Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.  We need to honor God with our bodies.

How is it that we manage to separate the issue of how we treat our bodies from our devotion to Christ?  Not just our spirits but also our bodies have been claimed and redeemed and loved.  Christianity does not teach a view of life that disdains the body while it elevates the spirit.  In some mystical and incomprehensible way the Holy Spirit indwells our bodies and thereby calls us to the high privilege and heavy responsibility of using our bodies to honor His presence. 

-- Bill Hybels in Making Life Work: Putting God's Wisdom into Action


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    Jean and Wally H., FL.

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