1 Corinthians 6:19-20

• Main Idea: God created our bodies as good. Let then your body carry the torch of the Lord.
  • 1 HUMAN BODY’s OWNER (v.19a)
    Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
    • Powerful Transformation: For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8
    • Permanent Temple
    • Perpetual Toil: When we listen to the Owner of our bodies and allow Him to take charge, our bodies will follow on the outside what He is doing on the inside.
  • 2 HUMAN BODY’s OBTAINER (vv. 19b-20a)
    You are not your own; you were  bought at a price.
    • Poor Body
    • Precious Blood: “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed… but with the precious blood of Christ. A lamb without blemish or defect.” 1 Peter 1:18
    • Perfect Blueprint
    • UBC Covenant: “To be an effective steward of one’s body by abstaining from anything that may affect its normal function and its testimony as God’s Holy Temple.”
  • 3 HUMAN BODY’s OBJECTIVE (v.20b)
    Therefore honor  God with your body.
    • Physically Troubled
    • Personal Testimony
      
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    • Pure Temple: May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit , soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23