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Does your body belong to you or to God?: full transcript and answers
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A short clip: God chose to dwell in people as His temple. Sexual immorality, drugs and alcohol harm that temple, and claiming “my body belongs to me” rejects the price Christ paid.
Where does God want to dwell?
Short answer: In people like you and me—we are the temple of God, and whoever defiles it God will destroy.
▶ 0:00 God could have all the gold and marble the beautiful stone columns the beautiful paintings of the Sistine Chapel he has his own throne his worth is more than the riches of men and still he says that we are the temple of God and the spirit of God dwells in us. And Jesus Christ who has the option to dwell anywhere on the earth or in his throne wants to dwell people like you and me scriptures say in Corinthians if anyone defiles the temple of God God will destroy him for the temple of God is holy which temple you are you may have nothing you may be poor you may be sick and diseased disabled ugly but you can clean up your inner man your spiritual man and the almighty God wants to dwell in Hebrews chapter 8 verse 5 says that the tabernacle served as a copy and shadow of heavenly things.
Scripture in this part
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV)
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
— 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Hebrews 8:5 (NKJV)
who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
— Hebrews 8:5 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)How do we harm God’s temple?
Short answer: Sexual immorality, drugs and alcohol; you are not your own, you were bought at a price.
▶ 1:01 And today in our world we have many religions that focus on the building they focused on the temple they focused on building something very beautiful but first Corinthians 3:16 do you not know that you are the temple of God and the spirit of God dwells in you first Corinthians 6:18 flee sexual immorality every sin that man does is outside the body but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body when we break God’s commandment when we commit sexual immorality we do drugs and alcohol we’re hurting ourselves we are hurting God’s temple do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit whom you have from God see we were given a body from God we are God’s temple and the Holy Spirit dwells in us he goes on to say you are not your own for you were bought at a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s.
Scripture in this part
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV)
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
— 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:01 (quoted; reference not named in the message)What does “my body belongs to me” reject?
Short answer: His purchase with His blood—and so the cross and eternal life.
▶ 2:04 And many people say my body belongs to me this is mine and they’ll reject this statement they don’t want to be bought and paid for that’s offensive and so when you reject. His purchase, paid with his blood and his life for your sin you are rejecting the cross. When you are saying this is my body I’m going to do what I want with it you are rejecting. When you reject the cross you’ve rejected eternal life.
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