YOUR BODY, GOD'S TEMPLE (7 OF 10)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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Your Body, God's Temple (7 of 10)
Series: God's Wisdom for the Jacked Up
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Turn to 1 Cor. 6:12-20. Getting people to be obsessed with the look, size, and feel of their body is a multi, multi, multi-billion-dollar business. You and I are constantly being reminded that our bodies aren't what they could be. And because our body is never far from our mind, we often fall for it. We buy what they're selling.
Dolly Parton said, ''''If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked. It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do.'' At least Dolly is honest about it.
Some may ask: ''Is God all that concerned about the use and the condition of it? Isn't God really just after our eternal soul, and not our temporary body? After all, the Bible says my body was made of dust and it'll return to dust so it must not be all that significant, right?''
Well, the Apostle Paul addresses those questions in our text today because the Corinthian Christians were getting it wrong. They did not have a high view of their physical body. They had bought the lie that said you can separate the physical from the spiritual. They claimed the soul was good and the body was evil. So as long as you surrendered your heart to Christ, it didn't matter what you did with your body. It's just this physical thing you're chained to until you die. So, gluttony was okay, sexual promiscuity was okay, and satisfying whatever bodily appetite someone had was okay because it wasn't connected to your spirit. Your body wasn't going to last forever anyway so do with it and to do it whatever you want. It's a temporary necessity. They were misunderstanding their freedom in Christ as a freedom to sin rather than a freedom from sin.
So in verses 12-20, Paul reminds them that God sent His Son to die physically on a cross atone for their sin not just save their immortal soul; but Christ also rose bodily from the dead redeem their mortal ...
Series: God's Wisdom for the Jacked Up
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Turn to 1 Cor. 6:12-20. Getting people to be obsessed with the look, size, and feel of their body is a multi, multi, multi-billion-dollar business. You and I are constantly being reminded that our bodies aren't what they could be. And because our body is never far from our mind, we often fall for it. We buy what they're selling.
Dolly Parton said, ''''If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked. It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do.'' At least Dolly is honest about it.
Some may ask: ''Is God all that concerned about the use and the condition of it? Isn't God really just after our eternal soul, and not our temporary body? After all, the Bible says my body was made of dust and it'll return to dust so it must not be all that significant, right?''
Well, the Apostle Paul addresses those questions in our text today because the Corinthian Christians were getting it wrong. They did not have a high view of their physical body. They had bought the lie that said you can separate the physical from the spiritual. They claimed the soul was good and the body was evil. So as long as you surrendered your heart to Christ, it didn't matter what you did with your body. It's just this physical thing you're chained to until you die. So, gluttony was okay, sexual promiscuity was okay, and satisfying whatever bodily appetite someone had was okay because it wasn't connected to your spirit. Your body wasn't going to last forever anyway so do with it and to do it whatever you want. It's a temporary necessity. They were misunderstanding their freedom in Christ as a freedom to sin rather than a freedom from sin.
So in verses 12-20, Paul reminds them that God sent His Son to die physically on a cross atone for their sin not just save their immortal soul; but Christ also rose bodily from the dead redeem their mortal ...
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