"Do you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You no longer belong to yourself, for God bought you at a very high price! So you must HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY!
Almost everyone believes that their body belongs to themselves, right? There is an important concept that God wants you to know, found in our One Truth Today. If you have been saved by Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit has entered your body and now dwells with in you. Your body is now the temple that the Holy Spirit lives in. This gift from God is what allows you to be a new creature with a new heart and a new body. You are no longer your own person, you belong to the Lord who bought you by laying down His blameless life for you. You are one of the stones in His Holy Church. We no longer have the option to abuse our body in habitual sin anymore. We must honor God and use our body to worship Him and give Him Glory. Are you honoring Jesus Christ with your body? Are you an appropriate temple for the Holy Spirit?
Most of us do not think of ourselves as a temple. It is difficult to think of our body as a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit. Yet the Spirit now resides in us and it was the gift of God that brings us honor and requires us to Honor Him. God has kept His promise, and it is important that we keep our promise to God. We repented of our sin and promised to walk in His ways. We promised to follow Him, and worship Him only. Do you HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY? Do you realize that your body is not your own anymore? Do you know that it is now meant to bring honor and glory to God. Do you realize that you are a temple of the Holy Spirit.
If you do not use your body to glorify, worship and honor God, then you have an important question to answer! Have I been saved by Jesus Christ? Is the Holy Spirit residing in me, and living in my heart? Am I now a child of God and one of the stones in His temple? If you go on habitually committing the sins of your past then the answer is NO! If you are more concerned about your own body than the body of Christ then stop and reflect. Are you showing the fruit of the spirit in your every day living? When you believed Jesus Christ and accepted His free Gift of Salvation did you become a new person? A good way to answer the question is to know in your heart that you HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY!
