"You are God's temple and God's Spirit dwells in you," 1 Corinthians 3:16.
Not talking here about you. Not you, singular. Not talking about taking good care of your body by not overeating, not smoking, not being a lazy couch potato. No. Ain't talking about none of that. Total missing the notion, those ideas are. Instead: Talking about you, plural. Yes, us. Us. Us, together. The church. God's temple. The congregation. Not the Jerusalem temple. Talking about the new Covenant. The new Creation. God's new People. And whoever would destroy God's temple, God will destroy them.
Sobered by the warning we meet with a brother or sister today in quiet reverence. And together we give thanks that God's life giving Spirit dwells in us through the power of the cross.
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