November 9, 2020: SOAP #3994:  Job 34; 1Corinthians 4-6  

Scripture:  1Corinthians (NIV) 6: 13 …The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? …
19 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; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.

Observation:  God uniquely created our bodies as an intimate place He can personally share with each believer.  The intimacy of sex is given as a taste of the intimacy one can have with God.  The physical fruitfulness of sex is a taste of the fruitfulness of an intimate relationship with God! 

The physical body of Jesus was prepared for Him.  It gave Him an avenue of redemption for all those living in physical bodies.  He surrendered His physical body to death, from which God raised Him to physical life.  Paul gives the resurrection of Jesus as proof that God will also raise our physical bodies from death. 

Application:  So, what does THIS mean to me?  THIS means that it is NOT my body to do with as I please.  THIS means that I do not live in this body alone.  THIS means that my body has great value to God.  THIS means that I am to honor God with my body!  

Prayer:   Holy Spirit, now show me how to live out THIS truth in my daily life.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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