Our Bodies As Temples

John 2:13-16New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 Corinthians 3:16New International Version (NIV)

16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 Corinthians 6:15New International Version (NIV)

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 Corinthians 6:16 New International Version (NIV)

16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 Corinthians 6:19-20New International Version (NIV)

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"The body is temple of God." 

"We are the temple and should keep it clean."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

            I love these verses about the temple and what Jesus did in there. They give me hope about my very own temple that I call my body. They show me how I should keep my body clean and only for the Lord. I love the last verse that I out on here. It tells us that "we are not our own, that we were brought with a price. In my own words, I think about it this way: "I am God's child and He loved me so much that He died for me." There are also some verses that I have typed above that reminds use that we are God's.
            I started this entry with the verses about the temple and Jesus going there because that situation is how we take care of our bodies sometimes. It is sad but true. The people were treating the temple as a place of selling and that is not what the temple was meant to be used for. The temple was meant to be used as a place to worship God. Have you ever thought about comparing that story to how we treat our own bodies? Our bodies are suppose to be a place for the Holy Spirit to dwell in. It is kind of strange that I am eating M&Ms and drinking pop right now as I am writing this because that those things are not healthy at all. Anyways, Jesus didn't like the people selling things and making a mess in His Holy Temple. His Building. One you can see and go to.
             When we feed our bodies sweets and unhealthy things, we are treating it as those people are treating the temple. We are making our own bodies a mess and kind of destroying it in away. When we don't take the time to excise or do other good things like yoga for it, then we are treating it badly. I know this might be a long shot for some people but if you really think about it, it's true. Our bodies is a place where the Holy Spirit dwells. It is a place where we need to keep clean and sareced in a way. I am not only talking about health food wise and excising wise but also  intimate wise too. That is one reason that God doesn't want us to have sex before we are married because who knows what could go wrong with our bodies before hand. We are not taking care of it if we do things the way we want to.
             It is within marriage that having sex is healthy and healthy for both parties body. I know this is strange to write about. I wouldn't usually write about these things but it is part of these verses. It is a way to keep our temple (aka our bodies) Holy before Christ. When two parties become one flesh, then that is healthy on both parties. Now I am embarrassed but this is all true. I just don't know where to go onto from here now. I know for me when I am trying to find the right pills to take or the right shampoo to use or to decide weather or not to use essential oils, I have to think about these things too. It is also important when you think about all the diets that are out there that you want to try because some of those diets aren't very healthy for the body either. Honestly, I wish I heard this sermon while I was still on pills for my anxiety that I got from the drs. because I know if I didn't stop before that I would have because taking those pills aren't healthy for some people.
            Now for some people, those pills are for them and to keep their bodies healthy and in shape and the way the body is suppose to work. It might sound funny but I did pray about weather or not I was suppose to be taking them and I doubted myself a lot of times and researched a lot more things. Come to found out those pills were not for me. I went a more natural way with my anxiety and it has worked for about 6 months now or somewhere around that time.
             Our body is just one of those things that we don't think a lot about but should because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We should be praying about it and what we put in it and be careful as well. As I am typing this now, I am thinking about more ways that I can be more natural with my body besides natural pills for my anxiety and oils for everything else. I want to use oils for everything and that is one of my New Year's ideas. I also started using healthier shampoo for my hair. Now I am thinking about buying bison meat since it is suppose to be healthier and really looking into a healthier food store like a more natural one. I know we have a few around where I live.


Challenge for this entry: 

How are you or will you taking(e) care of your body as the temple of the Holy Spirit this year?