Is our body a Temple?
It started in this situation
John 2:14-17
14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
The Jews asked Jesus a sign, why he treated them that way.
Joh 2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
This is the first mention of the spiritual temple which is the human body of a Christian.
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
The Jews who did not understand what Jesus meant. Even the Apostles did not realize what Jesus meant until he was raised from the dead
John 2:20-22
20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21But he spake of the temple of his body. 22When 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.
Please note that all letters of Saint Paul was addressed to the true Christians and not to Gentiles.
Why Jesus did say that his body is a temple? Lets see what Apostle Paul said to the Christians in Corinth.
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
So to be a temple of God, the Spirit of God must dwell within a person and that person must be holy.
How can the Spirit of God dwell in man?
Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
Here it explains that if a man turns at Gods reproof, God will pour out his spirit unto man and also God will make his words known to that man.
How will a person know the words of God?
Deu 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
So we are therefore obliged to read the bible.
However, most persons who read the bible could not really understand it because the bible is sealed.
Isa 29:11 And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:
Isa 29:12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
Is there any proof that the bible is really sealed that's why it cannot be easily understood?
Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Dan 12:9 And He said, Go, Daniel! For the words are closed up and sealed until the end-time.
Therefore, who can help man understand the words of God written in the bible? An honest Preacher who is sent by God.
Act 8:27 And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
Act 8:28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot he read Isaiah the prophet.
Act 8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join yourself to this chariot.
Act 8:30 And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you indeed understand what you are reading?
Act 8:31 And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
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