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Question:
I have heard of people stating that "your body it the temple of the Living God." If this is true, how does this apply to my daily ganja use?
Answer:
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your BODIES as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship" (Romans 12:1). What do you present to God? It is interesting that in his writing to the Romans, Paul urges them to present their bodies as living sacrifices. When we present our bodies, the rest will follow, our whole selves. According to the Bible, we must treat our bodies well because they are God's creation:
"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple" (1Cor 3:16-17).
In the Old Testament, the Temple was the dwelling place of the Most High. It was a holy and sacred building. Today, through the new covenant, the believers of Jesus Christ have become a temple. For each believer, at the instant that they make Jesus Christ Lord and Savior in their life, and repent of their sins, they receive the Holy Spirit and become a dwelling place of the Most High; " your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God. You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body (1Cor 6:19b-20).
Would you go into you local neighborhood church and start vandalizing the pews, or spray painting on the walls, or burning the cross? Absolutely not! In the same way, we must not defile our temples in which Christ dwells, by contaminating them with drugs and damaging the organs, especially the minds that God has given. With this in mind, we must separate ourselves from these impure drugs and deeds of darkness, and try to live holy and pure lives, being the salt and the light of the world;
"What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.' Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you" (IICor 6:16).
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