We are the temple of God, the temple of the very same God who willingly became our Saviour. And when He dwells within, we can do all things through Him which strengthens us. His name JESUS in this current dispensation of grace -- "For He shall save His people from their sins!" (Matthew 1:21-23)
Following are some scriptures concerning our bodies -- which is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in us - when we come to Jesus. Meditate on these verses, understanding that we are bought with a price -- a hefty price -- wherein God prepared for Himself a body so that we might experience abundant life (and love!) in Him.
"What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s." (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12:1-2)
"What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s." (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
Jesus referred to His body being a temple, and when we have taken on the precious, holy Name of the Lord Jesus in water baptism (according to Acts 2:36-41)and we are filled with His holy Spirit, our body becomes the temple of God.
Why? Because the risen Lord Jesus has clothed us in His righteousness. Just as God placed His name on the temple in Jerusalem (I Kings 8:29), and placed His name on the temple of Jesus’ body (Matthew 1:21-23, John 5:43), He also places His name on each and every one of us -- who declare His name -- as the temple of God.
Then Peter said unto them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2:38)
"That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My name is called," saith the Lord, "who does all these things." (Acts 15:17)
"Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? (James 2:7)
Just as God’s Spirit dwelt within the temple in Jerusalem in the days of Solomon (II Chronicles 5:14), God’s Spirit dwelt in the temple of Jesus’ body (John 1:1, 14, Colossians 2:9), God’s Spirit also dwells in us as the temple of God.
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (I Corinthians 3:16-17)
"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." (II Corinthians 6:16)
"What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
Just as the temple in Jerusalem was a place of sacrifice (II Chronicles 7:12), Jesus body was a place of (was the) sacrifice (Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 9:26), our body as the temple of God is a place of sacrifice.
"... and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord: n whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:20-22)"Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? (James 2:7)
Just as God’s Spirit dwelt within the temple in Jerusalem in the days of Solomon (II Chronicles 5:14), God’s Spirit dwelt in the temple of Jesus’ body (John 1:1, 14, Colossians 2:9), God’s Spirit also dwells in us as the temple of God.
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (I Corinthians 3:16-17)
"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." (II Corinthians 6:16)
"What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
Just as the temple in Jerusalem was a place of sacrifice (II Chronicles 7:12), Jesus body was a place of (was the) sacrifice (Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 9:26), our body as the temple of God is a place of sacrifice.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12:1-2)
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