subject: Indwelt By God [print this page] The first demonstration of why my body matters is the fact that God fashioned them. The second demonstration of why my body matters is that Jesus wore one. He wore one and that is huge.
There is another demonstration of why our bodies matter. Lets go to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 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.
The theme of this entire series is wrapped up in that five-word phrase, Honor God with your body. Lets say that together. Honor God with your body. This is radical stuff here.
Go back to verse 19, Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? Thats huge. In the Old Testament, the writers talked about God being in the house, in the temple, in the tabernacle. Thats where he hung out. In the New Testament, we have the writer saying something weird. The New Testament writer said that God is not in the house anymore. God is out of the house. Now we have 1 Corinthians, Chapter 6, saying that God is in your house. What is going on here? The writer is saying that we are housing for the Holy Spirit of God. Our bodies matter because they are housing for the Holy Spirit. Thats the third demonstration of why our bodies matter to God.
In the Old Testament, God was in the house. In the New Testament, God was out of the house. The New Testament finally comes along and says that you are the house. We are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit of God.A while back, I went to Israel with a bunch of people here at Fellowship Church. We would love to go back now, but we cant because of all the bombs and bullets. But one day, hopefully, we will. Ed Young stated that if you have never gone to Israel, it is the trip of a lifetime. I will never forget when Lisa and I toured the Church of the Nativity. Thats the church in Bethlehem built over the spot where many people think that Christ was born. There is a little area there that they believe was the place where Jesus came into this world. He was just there two or three hours and one of the most expensive churches in the world is built over this spot. Isnt that amazing? It really is.
