1 Corinthians 6:19~20
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple 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 body. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all holy (John 17:11, 1 Corinthians 3:16~17). They are the Trinity who is righteous, good, and love. Man sinned and the wages of sin is death, curses and eternal suffering in hell. But holy God came to this world in the flesh through his Son, Jesus, to save man. Jesus paid the wages of man's sin by shedding His blood on the tree of curse as the worst sinner. Jesus is the Savior of sinners and he gives us eternal life and heaven. Those who repent can confirm their salvation by receiving the Holy Spirit as a deposit (2 Corinthians 1:21~22). God decided to save man, Jesus Christ accomplished our salvation, and the Holy Spirit confirms it to those who believe (Acts 2:38~41, 1 Corinthians 6:19~20). Those who repent of their sin by the working of Jesus’ blood receive the Holy Spirit and they become holy. They become the temple of the Holy Spirit. God doesn’t live in places made by man, but he lives in those who have been made holy by Jesus' blood (1 Corinthians 3:16). They are his church. God desperately wants man to be his temple in which the Holy Spirit dwells and makes holy by the working of Jesus' blood (Matthew 28:19~20, Acts 1:8). Those who are holy and live by the Holy Spirit will be full of his power. The power of the Holy Spirit makes us live according to his will and lets us overcome the temptation of the world, our sinful minds, and the working of the devil, Satan and demons. Jesus’ disciples disowned him when he was whipped and when he took up the cross where he suffered and died. But after the Holy Spirit came on them in Mark’s upper room, they could overcome their fear of death and they were led by the Holy Spirit to preach the Gospel. As a result three and four thousand people repented of their sins, believed in Jesus and were baptized. That time many sick and lame people were healed and the dead were raised. The Holy Spirit revealed his absolute power. "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power." (1 Corinthians 4:20). The man of the Holy Spirit should show his power. We should be determined to overcome the ways of this sinful world by the Holy Spirit, as Jesus' disciples and the first church members did. We should be a man of Jesus and the Holy Spirit and win many dying souls by God’s limitless power. Faith without Jesus and the working of the Holy Spirit is merely religion, and it is sin. The man of the Holy Spirit surely has the working of salvation, and he is full of power and the passion of winning souls. Without the Holy Spirit, he cannot do anything. Let us overcome the world and its passions and desires only by the Holy Spirit and confirm it by his power. Let us be holy forever as the temple of the Holy Spirit.
