Tuesday October 13th, 2026
« NLT Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, »
«Amplified Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? »
«EE Remember this: Your body is the home of God’s Holy Spirit. God gave his Holy Spirit to you and he lives in you. You do not belong to yourselves any longer »
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
« Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [that is, separate you from profane and vulgar things, make you pure and whole and undamaged—consecrated to Him—set apart for His purpose]; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ »
The above passage tells us clearly that God wants your spirit, soul, and body to be preserved blameless until His coming.
This is opposed to what many people say about God only caring about our spirit and soul, and not our body.
- God cares about your body, and He wants it to be blameless.
- He cares about what you wear 1 Timothy 2:9,
- how you use your body, 1 Corinthians 9:27,
- and if you get a tattoo or not Leviticus 19:28.
He cares as much about your body as He cares about your soul.
The truth is, the state of your soul will determine the state of your body.
What is inside will show on the outside.
Many years ago, I invited some ministers to teach at The Redeemed Christian Bible College. They told the students that I was too legalistic by placing restrictions on how they use their bodies and that God only cares about the soul. By the time I got back to the class, the students had believed the people I invited. I needed to convince them otherwise, so I went to get two oranges. One orange was yellow, and the other was green. I raised both oranges up in the class and asked, “Which of these two oranges is ripe?” They all pointed at the yellow one. I asked again, “How did you know?” They said it was obvious from the outside that it was ripe on the inside. With that, I told them, “ If Christ that you claim to have on your inside is not showing on the outside, it is likely that you do not have Christ in the first place.”
Whether we like it or not, people look at your outward appearance and make conclusions about Christianity based on what they see you do with your body.
If you look like the people of the world, they will believe that you are just like them and that there is nothing special about you.
They will not listen to the gospel you are preaching if you are dressed like a harlot or a hooligan.
Don’t make someone turn away from the gospel because of your outward appearance, keep your body blameless.
Application – Can people tell that you are born again just by looking at you ?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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