You Are That Temple

Meditations in First Corinthians 

April 28, 2022

You Are That Temple

Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

1 Corinthians 3:16

Read: 1 Corinthians 3:12-17

As I read today’s passage, I immediately thought of Hebrews 12:28-29, “we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; for indeed our God is a consuming fire.” Paul is making it abundantly clear that workers for God are held to a high standard: “But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.” (v.13) I am convinced that if we get the reverence and awe part right, we don’t need to fear the fire of judgement. Even so, let us take seriously our responsibility to be co-laborers with Christ and strive to produce valuable work for the Kingdom.

If you are still struggling with the imagery Paul is using, take time to meditate on verses sixteen and seventeen. Sixteen is quoted above. Seventeen reveals how passionately God loves His spirit that lives within us: “God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”

My Takeaway: There is an important link between the very high standards and expectations God has for us, and that link is his love for us: “For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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