The Digest (1Cor.6:19-20 & 1Cor. 3:16-17)
On Digest today are these two verses and we keep both of them for a reason.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
_*19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples 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 bodies._*
1 Corinthians 3:16-17(NKJV)
*16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone [b]defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.*
Frankly, I have quoted them separately on many occasions but had not taken notice that they were two different verses until we were led to do a digest on it thereby spotting the clear similarities and relations.
And so
* Both Start with that daring Question( trying to hit home that all important point)- *DO YOU NOT KNOW….
* That ~YOU~ making it clearer *Your BODIES are of GOD(HOLY SPIRIT)…. Here the point about the Trinity being one and the same is also made clear.
* And this Part from both accounts- WHO IN YOU. OR DWELLS IN YOU❣️…
Then ensuing from here….
* One makes a clear deduction& Strong Reminder- *Not your own, bought with a price therefore honour/ glorify GOD with your Bodies
* The Other minces no words and issue that dreaded Warning and rightfully so…. *IF ANYONE DEFILES THE BODY/ TEMPLE WHICH IS HOLY BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY, GOD WILL DESTROY HIM.
The Words are so CLEAR…. And so many a times we have defiled, disrespected and degraded this temple-the BODY.( which SHOULDN’T be SO)
Therefore, we say: HAVE MERCY ON US AND PLEASE HELP US KNOWING OUR HEARTS which yearns after you….TO TOTALLY HONOUR& GLORIFY YOU WITH OUR WHOLE BEING REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER….
And that is your DIGEST.
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