1 Corinthians 3: 16 &17 states:

Don’t you know you in yourselves are God’s Temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

Wow… so lets review…. we are God’s temple…

A temple (originating from the Latin word Templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest or augur.

it has the same root word “template” a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out on the ground by the augur. Templa also became associated with the dwelling place of a God or Gods… (an Augur is a Priest & official in the classical world – esp. ancient rome or Etruria.)

this verse also tells us we are Sacred… meaning dedicated or set apart for worship; worthy of religious veneration; made or declare Holy; Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use or person. ; worthy of respect (veneration means to regard with great respect or reverence)

So we are set apart… we have the holy spirit dwelling within us… if someone comes to your house and threatens you, your going to stand up for and protect your house right? well God does the same thing for us… he says no one will mess with his children, his house, HIS period… we are a place made for worship and sacrifice, as Christians we know always to worship.. but even harder than that, we must sacrifice daily!. we must die to ourselves (our fleshly carnal desires so that we may be found blameless in the sight of the almighty lord our god!) are we perfect? No… will we EVER BE?.. NO! but even so we must strive for that perfection… constantly.. will we fail.. well yes, we’re only human… but we have a pardon.. jesus interceded for us and paid the price for our sins… so we are truly blessed!

 

We must learn to treat our bodies as a temple… worthy of the spirit of God to live and dwell in. one other thing these verses speak of astounds me… it goes back to the verse where it states if My god is with me then Who can be against me… it says clearly in 1 Corinthians 3: 17… If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple. hallelujah! we are protected!

Thank God almighty that he does these thing for us.. take encouragement from it.. and pass it on. God Bless!