By Allen White
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. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
My friend,
Lance Witt, posted on twitter, “Your body is God’s temple, not His
mega-church.” Ouch! I have certainly allowed for more “capacity” than the
Spirit needs.
Before we
start down the laundry list of what we shouldn’t smoke or drink or chew, we can
find two greater principles in this passage. First of all, “You are not your
own; you were bought with a price.” Believers do not belong to themselves. We
belong to God. We cannot do whatever we want to do with our bodies without
consequences. In fact, the Bible tells us, “Therefore do not let sin reign in
your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires” Romans 6:12 (NIV).
The second
principle is that we are to honor God with our bodies. Paul goes on in Romans
6:13 to say, “Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of
wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought
from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of
righteousness” (NIV).
Are you
honoring or dishonoring God with your body? What things do you need to start
doing to honor God with your body? What things do you need to stop doing? What
accountability do you need to change?
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