The Temple of the Holy Spirit
We have to be honest with people and explain what it truly means to become a bondservant of Christ. When we said yes to Him and allowed Him to be Lord of our life, we gave up certain rights. There are many, but I want to focus on 1 in particular, the body or temple. Paul explains in the following passage how important your body is to the members of Christ, members of the kingdom.
I Corinthians 6:15-20
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which is God’s.
The church, some but not all, focus on the sin of homosexuality and does not stress the dangers of heterosexual sin, I am referring to sex outside of the marriage bond.
When we said yes to Christ, our body no longer belongs to us. We died with Him and rose with Him. Our body was transformed into His likeness and He gained ownership. Therefore, we are to honor Christ by taking care of the temple that houses the Holy Spirit. The same spirit that rose on the 3rd day lives inside the temple now.
Sin is sin. I am not comparing one sexual sin to another. I am saying that when you take part in sexual sin, you are doing more than you may realize. You become 1 with the other during the sexual act. You also are bringing damage to God’s temple. You have breaches in the wall, open doors, or gates depending on how you see it. You are open to attacks from the enemy by agreeing to participate in that sinful act. The enemy seizes every opportunity available to him and tries to cause as much damage as possible during the breach. If we think fornication or adultery with a heterosexual partner is a little sin, we are gravely mistaken. Perversion comes in many forms and causes lots of damage. Too much to explain right here right now.
God is not going to allow the spirit of Christ to intermingle with the enemy’s spirit. You have to repent and allow Him to restore you. Continuing to take part in that act pushes you farther from the Father and allows the onslaught of the enemy to continue. The longer you allow the breach to be open, the more restoration will be needed to make you healthy again. If you do participate in such an act, do not give up or throw in the towel, but instead, quickly return to the Father so He can restore and heal you. He still loves you and wants you to walk in wholeness. Too many are walking around with breaches in their temple’s walls and do not realize the significance because it’s a heterosexual sin and not a homosexual sin. God does not love a heterosexual sinner more than a homosexual sinner. He abhors sin in general. Both sins can be purged from the temple, only if you allow the Holy Spirit to purge you and submit your temple unto Jesus. Then and only then can the restoration begin. Remaining in that place leaves yourself open to more attack and further away from God.
