Our Body

1 Chronicles 25-27; 1 Thessalonians 4 

“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother [or sister] or take advantage of him...”

1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

Why do our bodies matter to God?

For those who have a living relationship with God, our bodies are the temple of the dwelling place of God through the Holy Spirit. We are the gatekeepers of the temple of our body. Avoiding sexual immorality in entertainment today is challenging, but that’s the will of God. Addictions we think are personal and private are seen by the Lord and defile our body. They also distort and damage our families with generational sin-patterns through the influence of lust rather than love. Sin affects our body in many ways. Sanctification is a process of yielding control of our thoughts, motives, emotions, and actions to the Lord. No one is too old or too mature for sanctification!

“Lord Jesus, I offer my body to you as a temple of your Spirit, for your glory.”