1Corinthians 6: 12 – 20

12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19 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?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

“For ye are bought with a price:” We know what that price was – Christ nailed to a cross. We recount that price every time we do The Stations of the Cross. We travel that road with Him, we see and hear what He did that day. And the pain and misery He suffers should have been ours. Would have been ours. If it were not for His unspeakable love for us.

For those who may not know The Stations of the Cross, here is the form I use: https://hopeanglican.us/stations.pdf

1Corinthians 6: 12 – 20

March 16, 2022

12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19 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?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

These are hard words. That ‘your body is a temple unto God’ is difficult to reconcile with the way we live. Confession – I am a cigarette smoker. Is that a sin? Of course not, but it sure isn’t doing anything good for my temple to God. In the final analysis, don’t do things that would prevent you from looking God right in the eye when you’re before Him. You realize, I suspect, that when you say your prayers, you are coming before God. Don’t try to hide the stuff you know He can see. But if it would make you blush and hang your head before God – don’t do it. Simple enough, right?