YOU DO NOT BELONG TO YOURSELF!

“DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR BODIES ARE ACTUALLY PARTS OF CHRIST?” 1 CORINTHIANS 6:15

“DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO LIVES IN YOU AND WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD? YOU DO NOT BELONG TO YOURSELF, FOR GOD BOUGHT YOU WITH A HIGH PRICE SO YOU MUST HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY.” 1 CORINTHIANS 6: 19-20

For all of us who have accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior we have been gifted, by our God, the Holy Spirit. Scripture tells us that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Our Lord God loves our bodies so much that He made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live. When we became believers, we began to clean house. We began to sweep the old ways out and replace them with the things of God. We replaced our old ways of living with the new and clean ways. We belong to our God in heaven and not to ourselves. He calls the shots in our lives and not us. It is his plan that is being fulfilled and not our own. It is vitally important that we honor our God in heaven each day with our bodies. We should keep them clean and not allow any dirt to exist. We must make sure that we honor what our God has given us, our bodies, as much as he honored the gift, he gave us. When we accepted Christ into our lives, we died to ourselves and became alive in Jesus. We committed totally to him and must continually keep focused on his ways and not ours. The precious Holy Spirit lives in us and we must listen and learn. We must become obedient and stay obedient to his instructions. We must remember that we are not the owners of our bodies, but God is! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!