One of the most amazing facts about the Christian life is that the Holy Spirit dwells within each one of us individually. The scriptures are very clear about this. For example, consider what Paul wrote to the Corinthian church: “But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:17-19 NAS95) This passage shows us that, for those who are in Christ, our bodies have become a dwelling place—a temple—of the Holy Spirit. What an amazing thought! Just as God filled the temple with His presence in Old Testament times, so now God dwells in each one of us. Each one of us are a temple of the living God!
These words of scripture are not figurative language, but a spiritual reality. It is a reality that some of the members of the church at Corinth did not understand, and their lack of understanding had a terribly harmful impact on their walk with the Lord. Some at Corinth had been practicing sexual immorality. They didn’t realize that in so doing they were being joined in one body to prostitutes. Paul had to rebuke them and remind them of who they were. How could they sinfully join themselves in one body with another when they were one spirit with the Lord? The spirit of God was living within them! How then could they so casually engage in sin?
You see, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is a powerful incentive for holy living. It is something that you and I need to understand about ourselves today. An understanding of this reality will completely change the way we look at ourselves. It will change the way that we live. It will cause us to strive for holiness. It will strengthen our walk with the Lord.
Brothers and sisters, have you come to realize that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells within you? You are not your own. Let us glorify God with our bodies.
—Scott Colvin
Posted by Scott Colvin 
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