John 14:25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
1 Corinthians 2:10-13 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
2 Timothy 1:14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
The Holy Spirit is given by God to those who have believed in Jesus Christ for salvation, redemption, and forgiveness. The Holy Spirit is given to us by God to lead us, to help us understand, to help us remember, and to teach us. The Holy Spirit of God indwells those who believe and this is why Paul says to be mindful that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you. In this simple statement Paul is saying; would you expose or allow into the temple to hate, greed, and anger when the temple is to be a place of love, joy, and generosity? Would you expose or allow into the temple pornography, lust, and adultery when it is to be a place of purity, holiness, and righteousness? Would you expose the temple to pride, self-reliance, and self-worth when it is to be a place of humbleness, surrender, and reliance in Jesus Christ alone? Would you expose or allow into the temple drunkenness when it is to be a place of sober-minded holiness? Would you expose or allow into the temple homosexuality and abortion when it is to be a place of purity and protector of life?
When you imagine allowing these into the temple surely you see this is more than foolish it is a direct rejection of God’s plan for the temple. We were redeemed at a great price. God’s only Son suffered and died so that he could redeem us from eternal hell. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within each believer, making each of our bodies a temple of the Holy Spirit. How then must we think, do, and act? Should we not protect this temple from invaders, robbers, liars, haters, and false promises?
The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth but surely we must spend time in holy reverence cultivating God’s Word and deeply desire and seek this leading.