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ABUNDANT LIFE THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT LIVING
THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT # 3

I Corinthians 6:19-20
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

This Scripture is addressed to the Saints of God. The Holy Spirit is a Spirit, and He desires a temple, a body, in which He may dwell, and through which He may work. The Body of the Christian is the temple, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.

Now let us consider the Temple consigned. Consigned means to give up, to sign over, to commit to the possession of another, to entrust into the care of another, or to place in the charge of another. This is what we mean by consecration. We need to yield our body to the Spirit so that it may become His temple. We need to sanctify ourselves. By this I mean to separate ourselves from everything unholy and worldly. To set ourselves apart for the Holy Spirits use. Then and only then He accepts our body as His temple and makes it holy for His use. Then our body becomes a house of worship. A house of prayer. And a house that is filled and employed by the Holy Spirit. So the question then becomes evident. Is our body, as a Christian, fully consigned to the Holy Spirit's use?

Russell Stolp
Chaplain, CFO

Psalm 37:4 "Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy
ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.