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Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.
( John 2:19-21 )
Jesus said something very interesting. He referred to his body as a temple. At the time no one understood what he was talking about.
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
( Mark 14:58 )
It was one of the accusations brought against him after his arrest.
Paul is the one who goes on to develop the idea that our bodies are Holy Temples. There 3 aspects to it.
1. The Temple of Our Works
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
( 1 Corinthians 3:16-18 )
The context of this passage is the warning Paul gives about being judged for the works we do as Christians. Is our work going to last like gold, silver and precious stones? Or is it going to be burned up like wood, hay and stubble?
2. The Temple of Our Purity
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 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 6:18-20 )
Our bodies have not been given to us so that we can enjoy carnal pleasure. In this passage we are told that are bodies are holy temples of God’s Spirit and they do not belong to us. We should not engage in fornication.
3. The Temple of Our Separation
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
( 2 Corinthians 6:16 )
Our temple is not supposed to be used to become part of the world around us. This is a well known passage about separation. We are to use our bodies to remain separate from the worldliness that we see around us.
Matty (Headwind) 