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"Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit..."

Text: 1 Corinthians 6:19

AN ERRANT CHURCH

The Corinthian Church began so well. It was a very gifted Church. But in the process of time, it struggled with many problems because of the influence of false teachings. The Apostle Paul felt compelled to address the many problems in the Corinthian Church. Patiently, he addressed the problems and offered sound and solid spiritual answers. There may be problems, but there are great answers!

APPLYING OUR KNOWLEDGE

The problems in the church went on to affect the individual. The Apostle Paul sought to help believers to recall and to apply the lessons they had learned, especially the ones involving the Spirit of God.

“But you were washed, but you were sanctified,
but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
and by the Spirit of our God.”

“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 6:11, 19-20

1. Our knowledge of Salvation

a) We are washed.

b) We are sanctified.

c) We are justified.

i) In the name of the Lord Jesus (because He gave His life for us).

ii) By the Spirit of God (His power applied effectively confirms our justification).

2. Our knowledge of the Holy Spirit

a) The Church is the temple of God.

b) We are individual parts of the temple of God.

c) Our body is to be seen as “the temple of the Holy Spirit”.

d) He is in us, a special gift from God (a Seal and a Guarantee).

3. Our knowledge of the cost of our salvation

a) We are bought at a price.

b) That price was the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself (not to be taken for granted).

c) We must therefore seek to glorify the Lord

i) In our body

ii) In our spirit