God’s temples
1 Cor. 3:16-17; 2 Cor. 6:16
The church (the building) is the place where the people of God set apart to worship God; a place to praise and worship Him, a place to teach, preach and listen to His words, and a place of fellowship. This is why it is holy and set apart. Because it is holy, we try to be our best when we are at the church.
Like the church, our body, because of the salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ, is become the temple of God. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:21 and 1 Peter 2:5 tell us of this.
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? (1 Cor. 3:16)
We are the temple of the living God (2 Cor. 6:16)
To try to be good and holy in the church, and forget about it outside the church would be pure hypocrisy. There will be a lot to say about this matter. But let the reader think it through.
Therefore, “let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God” (2 Cor. 7:1) as God is holy (Lev. 11:44; 1 Pet. 1:16).
