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God’s Temple
We are the Temple for the Holy Spirit—R Fritz
God has chosen us (our body) to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are the container for the Holy Spirit as the Holy Spirit lives in us. God is with us no matter where we go, and we do not have to go to a particular building or church for the Holy Spirit to show up. That also means we have all the answers inside of us, we just need to ask. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which is God’s.” When the Holy Spirit lives inside us the body and spirit become God’s. So instead of going to the temple (building) we go out to the temple and take God’s presence to the world. We have our ministry in us where the Holy Spirit can do exactly as Jesus did.
What we might not understand is that the Holy Spirit that was there after Jesus died is the same Holy Spirit that exists today. What that says is what happened over two thousand years ago can happen today if we sell out and surrender as the apostles and followers of Jesus did. The Holy Spirit of old is the Holy Spirit of new, God has not changed. Hebrews 13:7-8 says “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” God has not changed, his character, his love, or his commandments, nothing has changed. We should believe we can do anything because when we believe in the Holy Spirit our attitude changes because we are confident about our life even when things do not go well because we understand who lives inside us.
The Holy Spirit came after Jesus died and is the Spirit of truth to show us all truth, where God would always be part of us as we learn who the Holy Spirit is. It requires us to have a relationship with God through his Spirit we just need to ask questions to start the relationship and to be in a mode of change and to learn the ways of God with us giving up our free will and letting the Holy Spirit be our guide through life. The Holy Spirit teaches us how to fight in the spirit which is where we need to fight because our battles are with spirits. The thing that makes us different is when God gives us his understanding where we know what the Bible says according to God. We learn this through studying the Bible where the Holy Spirit guides us to all truth. John 16:13-15 says, and this is Jesus speaking “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore, said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me, because I go to the Father.” Jesus is speaking about what will happen when he dies and the Holy Spirit comes and the things that the Holy Spirit shall do. These words were spoken to the disciples by Jesus about the things to come.
Jesus also told the Jews about what was going to happen and the Jews thought Jesus was talking about the building (temple) instead Jesus was talking about himself and was to come. John 2:18-22 says “Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.” Jesus let those around him know the truth and only his disciples believed what was said at that time. Those who study the Bible now know the truth that what Jesus said became history. Jesus was saying he would take the place of the temple and come back after death in three days, and the Spirit of God would dwell, and that temple (building) would not be needed.
Those who now know our body is the temple have a responsibility to keep our body holy. Our body should conform to the teachings of Jesus. Does that mean we eat or drink bad things or abuse our bodies? That answer should be no as we are responsible for what we do with consequences for our decisions. Decisions are made every day about what we do physically. Sometimes things happen to people beyond our control. Our decisions should be guided by the Holy Spirit who knows all things as he resides in us, and we can ask any question we would want the answer to. We need to remember we are the temple for the Holy Spirit which will make us think about our body and keep our body holy. The Holy Spirit has answers for all things going on in our lives including having fun. We need to live our lives to the fullest with the Holy Spirit leading us in all aspects of our lives. God Bless.
Our Purpose
In this world in which we are living, it is obvious that the Word of God needs to reach those that are lost and are searching for answers to events surrounding the news media that are bombarding us with what is in most cases, false news. There is no doubt in our minds that all the answers are found in the scriptures of the Holy Bible and it is our intent to search the scriptures thoroughly and find the answers to everyday questions that are people are pondering. There is no way that anybody can exhaust the whole Bible and know all the answers, but through divine inspiration from the Holy Spirit, that we will be lead according to His will. One thing that we hear out in the world is, “The Bible is too hard to understand.” The mistake that people most commonly make is, they think they can read and understand the Bible without guidance from the Holy Spirit and that is impossible. We will take scriptures out of the Bible and try our best to bring them to life. The Word of God is a living testimony of Jesus Christ and in order to know the living God (Jesus Christ) you have to understand the written Word.
It is or hope that we will lead people to the saving knowledge and wisdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! It is our intent to encourage people to get into the Word of God and hear what our Lord has to say to you. We understand that no human being alive can save another human being from the destruction of sin. Only by grace can one be forgiven through faith and that in and of itself is a free gift generously given to us by our heavenly Father through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ! It is our intent to bring to life the truth of salvation through Jesus Christ! There are two particular verses in the Bible that we keep in the front our memory bank. Acts 17:11; “These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” We expect you to be a Berean and search the scriptures daily to make sure that we are guiding you in all truth according to God’s Word. Secondly, Romans 8:28; “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Once you become born-again and know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, then you can be assured that everything that happens in your life will be Father filtered.