Published by Vince Baker Ministries ·
“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?”
1 Corinthians 6:19 · KJV
How does the Spirit come to dwell in believers?
In Galatians 3, Paul asks whether the churches received the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith. He expects them to remember their beginning with God. The question directs a seeker toward trusting Jesus and receiving what God gives.
What does indwelling change?
Paul calls the believer's body a temple of the Holy Ghost in 1 Corinthians 6. The passage gives everyday decisions a new weight. What a person does with the body matters because they belong to God. Romans 8:11 connects the indwelling Spirit to the hope of resurrection as well.
How does this relate to the Holy of Holies?
The Holy of Holies was the innermost place of Israel's sanctuary. Hebrews 10 points to Jesus as the One who opens the way to draw near to God. Paul uses temple imagery in two ways. First Corinthians 3:16–17 speaks to the congregation together, and 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 applies it to the believer's body. God dwelling among His people shapes both the life of the church and the choices a person makes in private.
Put it into practice
Read Romans 8:9–11 slowly. Thank God for His presence and ask how that truth should shape one choice about your body, time, or habits today.
Read the Scripture passages
- John 3:1-8 · KJV
- Acts 2:37-39 · KJV
- Romans 8:9-11 · KJV
- 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 · KJV
- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 · KJV
- Galatians 3:1-5 · KJV
- Hebrews 10:19-22 · KJV
