Things New and Old: Ye are the temple of God

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Ye are the temple of God

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (I Cor 3:16).

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (I Cor 6:19).

TOP TEXTS: Rightly divide these verses that are quite similar. The first verse warns ministers that a local church is God’s temple, so they better serve it wisely and well. The second verse warns individuals against fornication and other sins affecting their physical bodies. Remember both warnings!

SPIRITUAL ADULTERY: Learning about a spouse flirting or in full intimacy with your enemy is one of the most painful events possible. It is what we do to God when we flirt with the world (Jas 4:4). Our God is Jealous (Ex 34:14). The most graphic language in the Bible is for this heinous crime (here).

EXAMINE SELF: If your marriage is not great, then change! Stop blaming your spouse. A good woman in a bad marriage can do what is right. A good man in a bad marriage can change his life to win his wife. The blame game was in Eden. Blame yourself. Change yourself by Christ’s strength.

BIBLE READING: Today is – Acts 6! Even apostles focused on the word of God and prayer, so they told the church how to select deacons, which we followed for a building committee. There was a special deacon that you get to read about today and tomorrow. See Jewish blindness and hatred!

CURRENT STUFF: If there is a whirlwind worth talking about, God sent it, “The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet” (Nah 1:3) ... a young-earth scientist was fired for a terrific find, but he eventually won his case ( http://blog.drwile.com/?p=15259 ); ... a woman writes to pornography about the effect on her marriage ( http://www.christianpost.com/…/an-open-letter-to-pornograp…/ ) ...

BOTTOM TEXT: Glory and death! Fully grasp this fabulous verse! What gets you most excited and thrilled? It should truly only be one thing – Jesus Christ’s death for His people. What is your relationship to the world? It should be dead to you, and you should be dead to it! Amen, Paul!

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Gal 6:14).

For the cause of God and Christ and truth and for the profit of His people...