Although that temple no longer exists, does God still have a sacred dwelling place on earth?
“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” (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20). As regards our responsibility and influence we are amenable to God as deriving our life from Him. This we do not obtain from humanity, but from God only. We are His by creation and by redemption. Our very bodies are not our own to treat as we please, to cripple by habits that lead to decay, making it impossible to render to God perfect service. Our lives and all our faculties belong to Him. He is caring for us every moment. He keeps the living machinery in action; if we were left to run it for a moment we should die. We are absolutely dependent upon God. 4. In the New Testament the Christian church and the Christian himself are called temples because God desired to dwell within both, What will God do if we defile His temple? “Kno
