February 18, 2009 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Use Your Bodies for God's Glory
"I am allowed to do all things," but not all things are good for me to do. "I am allowed to do all things," but I will not let anything make me its slave. "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and th eLord is for the body. By his power God has raised the Lord from the dead and will also raise us from the dead. Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take the parts of Christ and join them to a prostitute! It is written in the Scriptures, "The two will become one body." So you should know that anyone who joins witha prostitute will become one body with the prostitute. But the one who joins with the Lord is one spirit with the Lord. So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies. You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So you do not belong to yourselves, because you were bought by God for a price. So honor God with your bodies. ~1 Corinthians 6:12-20~

So...I'm guessing the Corinthian Christians must have really struggled with sexual sin, because Paul keeps talking about it. I feel like it's similar to today...when we say "body," what do most people think of? So many are focused on the physical body, the sexual aspects of it, how appealing it is, if it's perfect, and etc. But as Christians, that shouldn't be our focus.

God made us in His image...our bodies are Holy, because God exists in our bodies. "One spirit with the Lord," that's what we should be aiming for. We have been given these bodies to honor God.