Devotion
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The New Man: Part XVIII
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Aug 16, 2022
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Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. I Corinthians 3:16,17
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. I Corinthians 3:16,17
Paul and Peter spoke of a temple of living stone, a place indwelt by the Holy Spirit joined together in love and of one accord! There was no talk of buildings of wood and stone constructed by the churches for this was totally foreign to them with no thought of a place to go, but a Person to be, the very expression of Jesus!
Today, building church buildings is a multi-billion-dollar industry with Superstar preachers and pastors filling the padded seats of Mega churches with wide-eyed members lulled to sleep with a mushy gospel with absolutely no power to transform! Pray the prayer, walk the isle, jump in the water and write a check to cover an astronomical overhead without which many would close their doors!
Where is the power manifested in the body of Christ to heal the sick and raise the dead? What happened to speaking in tongues, prophesying the truth and preaching the un-compromised gospel of Jesus Christ able to break a man's heart and save his soul from Hell? The apostles would be utterly disgusted with this modern-day attempt to be the living temple of God!
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also as living stones, are being build up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. I Peter 2:4,5
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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