Scripture to Read: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
God gives many warnings, words of encouragement and affirmation, commandments, and much more throughout His Word. As God had Paul write to the Christians in Corinth, God had him write this in 1 Corinthians 6:19–20: “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” As we know, God had been lovingly rebuking the believers in Corinth who had been giving in to sexual immorality, but what God had Paul write in 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 can go way beyond just sexual sin. When we think about our body being the temple of the Holy Spirit, as Christians, it should wake us up to examining not only our sexual purity, but also how we are currently taking care of God’s temple. We must examine what we eat and why, what we drink, and again, why, and how we exercise the body God now lives in. Jesus paid an insurmountable price to open the door for us to be called holy, righteous, forgiven, redeemed, God’s children, and so much more. Though our bodies are temporary, we must care for them. Whether or not we want to admit it, our bodies belong to God. He bought them through the shed blood of Christ. We don’t have the right to do what we want with God’s property! Whatever it takes, start caring for God’s temple so you glorify Him and not feed your fleshly desires.
Challenge & Application
What needs to change about your current lifestyle so that you are properly taking care of God’s temple?
Why is it important to take care of God’s temple, and why do so many Christians never even think about this?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!