1 Corinthians 6:19–20(NLT)
Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So, you must honor God with your body.
We understand from the above Scripture that our body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of the Living God. Paul was reminding the believers in Corinth, and Christians, to remember that our body is a sacred place because it is a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit of God. That is, God is living inside of us. We are God’s building; the Holy Ghost dwells in us. Therefore, if God is living inside us, everything in our body belongs to Him. We can no longer claim ownership since God, through the Son Jesus Christ, has paid for it and owns the whole works: soul, spirit, and physical body. We were held captive by the devil and sin, and God purchased us at a tremendous price, paying the most expensive ransom ever.
A temple is a holy place or sacred building set aside as a place of worship or consecrated as the house of God. Since our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, we are to handle it with all the care, holiness, and sacredness it deserves. Thus, as mobile carriers of the Holy Spirit, God demands holiness and righteousness while taking care of our bodies in sanctification and honor because the Holy Spirit is holy. And as the place where God lives by his Spirit, we are to honor and glorify God with our bodies. So, every part of our body is for spiritual occupation, not to be demonically possessed or afflicted. We are not permitted to share God’s Temple(our bodies) with witchcraft, occultism, bitterness, anger, pride, lust, unrighteousness, adultery, fornication, prostitution, alcoholism, greed, lying, and gossip. We are to purge ourselves of every filthiness and clothe ourselves with holy living, righteousness, prayerfulness, and the Word of God. The Christian life purged is sanctified, made a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. Because the Spirit lives in us, we have overcome all things. 1 John 4:4 says, “But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” The Holy Spirit living in us is greater and more powerful because He has made us victorious.
Beloved, the Holy Ghost lives in you, the manifest Presence of God. The fire of God that led and directed the children of Israel lives inside of you now. Let the Temple look nice and be a comfortable place for the Spirit to live, work, move and guide you. Let the Holy Spirit illuminates your mind, makes you yearn for God, imparts you with spiritual truth, and makes it understandable to you. As a believer, the Seed of God you carry is meant to be the fuel for authority and royalty. So, make up your mind to live with the mentality that no affliction is allowed to take illegal habitation of your body. Just as darkness cannot survive in the presence of light, affliction cannot survive in the body of a Holy Ghost-filled child of God. Walk in the reality of who you are in God. The greater One in you assures that you’ll forever be successful and walk in His Glory. Live with this mentality, and you shall experience a total revolution in your life. Today, allow the Holy Ghost to direct your path because His thoughts are above your thoughts. He sees the end from the beginning. All His ways are right and sure and knows what is best for your life. Remember, your body is the Temple of God so keep it clean and holy.
O Lord, thank You for dwelling in my body, give me the grace to resist any temptation to misuse my body in Jesus’ Name.