Saturday, January 18, 2014

Distinctions.

Distinction 1.
The body is not "A" Temple.  It is not "Your" Temple.  Your body is "His" Temple.  This is the distinction that matters.  Fitness or fatness, it doesn't really matter if you do not understand who you belong to.  It is Christ the Creator that means to use you for his glory and your joy.  In the Temple of your body, if you prepare a place for him, he will prepare a place for you.

1 Corinthians 6
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples 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 bodies.


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Distinction 2.
It is not the bright and flashy things that tend to lead us astray.  There will be no warning signs that say, "Be Careful, this is the road to your destruction.", it simply looks like an easier path.  The things that slowly pull us away are comfortable, familiar and feel good.  They look good and are easily justifiable.  The counterfeit is effective because it acknowledges authenticity, yet fails to deliver.  When our rebellious days are gone, rebellion seems silly.  However we are still tempted to stray. In our maturity and "wisdom" we make a case for the counterfeit.  When we rebelled we were merely fools and stubborn, now we are more sophisticated.

Matthew 7
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.



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