Instructing the Christians in Corinth to flee from sexual immorality, the apostle Paul exalted, "Do you not know that your body is the 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). Truly, God the Father created our bodies, God the Son redeemed them, and God the Holy Spirit dwells in them. This makes our body the very temple of the Holy Spirit of God.
Those who do not belong to Christ do not have the Spirit of Christ residing in them (Romans 8:9). So, their bodies are not a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Obviously, the greatest thing we can do for our bodies is to make them into a temple for God's Spirit. And we do this by placing our trust and faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior. The moment we do this, the indwelling of God's Spirit takes place (1 Corinthians 12:13). Our salvation is then sealed and guaranteed (Ephesians 1:13-14).
The Holy Spirit will then be with us forever (John 14:16), given by God as His pledge of the believer's future inheritance in glory (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
Therefore, let us honor God with our bodies by which we were redeemed with the precious, unblemished blood of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19).
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