DAY 321 Read 1 Corinthians 6 through 8.
Today's reading: Paul gets down to specifics on the subject of sins plaguing even God's people. The apostle offers positive suggestions for curing the plague.
Memory gem: "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" (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20).
Thought for today:
If each of us is a living temple for the indwelling of God and for His glory, it is supremely important how we live. How do we treat God's temple? Is it ever difficult by our way of living, thinking, eating, drinking, or whatever we may name?
We should ask ourselves this question, "Does our living temple need cleansing?" When we give ourselves to Christ as His servants, we are dedicated to Him. In 1 Corinthians 6:11, it is written: "But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
In the literal temple on earth, which was a figure of the heavenly temple above, the Father and the Son had their dwelling place. Strange and wonderful is the promise of Jesus concerning the living temple, man himself. Listen to the words of our Saviour as recorded in John 14:23: "If a man love me, he will keep my words and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Christians are the temple of the Holy Ghost. God's Spirit lives in every Christian, unless He has been grieved away by an evil life. This is why Crostians should put away every wrong habit. We should constantly remember that we are living temples and that God, by His Spirit, dwells within us. This will make life different, wonderful, glorious, happy, and successful.
NOTE: 1 Corinthians 6:12 is evidently a Greek proverb current in Paul's day. As is often the case, a translation loses the sense of the original saying, in this case a play on words. A paraphrase that suggests the meaning of the proverb is this: "All things are in my power, but I shall not be brought under the power of any." Paul certainly did not mean to teach that "all things mentioned in verse 9 and 10 "are lawful"!
Today's reading: Paul gets down to specifics on the subject of sins plaguing even God's people. The apostle offers positive suggestions for curing the plague.
Memory gem: "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" (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20).
Thought for today:
If each of us is a living temple for the indwelling of God and for His glory, it is supremely important how we live. How do we treat God's temple? Is it ever difficult by our way of living, thinking, eating, drinking, or whatever we may name?
We should ask ourselves this question, "Does our living temple need cleansing?" When we give ourselves to Christ as His servants, we are dedicated to Him. In 1 Corinthians 6:11, it is written: "But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
In the literal temple on earth, which was a figure of the heavenly temple above, the Father and the Son had their dwelling place. Strange and wonderful is the promise of Jesus concerning the living temple, man himself. Listen to the words of our Saviour as recorded in John 14:23: "If a man love me, he will keep my words and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Christians are the temple of the Holy Ghost. God's Spirit lives in every Christian, unless He has been grieved away by an evil life. This is why Crostians should put away every wrong habit. We should constantly remember that we are living temples and that God, by His Spirit, dwells within us. This will make life different, wonderful, glorious, happy, and successful.
NOTE: 1 Corinthians 6:12 is evidently a Greek proverb current in Paul's day. As is often the case, a translation loses the sense of the original saying, in this case a play on words. A paraphrase that suggests the meaning of the proverb is this: "All things are in my power, but I shall not be brought under the power of any." Paul certainly did not mean to teach that "all things mentioned in verse 9 and 10 "are lawful"!
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