Temples of the Living God 2 Corinthians 6:16

Paul the apostle shared with the church members in Corinth, “ Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers”, and he questioned, “for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness? And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel?”, and in chapter six and verse sixteen of Second Corinthians, Paul told the church members, “your are the temple of the living God” where we read:

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The verse begins, “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God;” Paul began with the words, “and what agreement” which means “and what kind of approval or assent” “has the temple” which refers to “the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice or sanctuary itself which consists of the Holy place and the Holy of Holies” “of God” which means “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “with idols” or “alongside an image, likeness or form of an object either real or imaginary”? “for you are” which refers to “the church members were” “the temple” or “the sacred edifice or sanctuary” “of the living” which means “the fresh, strong, efficient, active, powerful and efficacious” “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity”. Paul wanted to know how “idols” and the “temple of God” were “approved or assented together” because the “church members” were the “temple of God”.

The verse continues, “as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Paul added the words, “as God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “has said” or “uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “I will dwell in” which means “God will inhabit or live inside” “them” or “those who believe and trust in Him”, “and walk” which means “be occupied with and amble” “in them” or “within those who believe”; “and I will” which means “and God will” “be their God” or “be the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “and they” which refers to “those who believe and trust in Him” “shall be my people” or “will be God's tribe and nation”. Paul shared how God Himself would “live and walk” within believers, and He would be their “God”, and they would “be His people”.

When we think through these words of Paul, we see how he shared more examples of why Christians were not to be “unequally yoked with unbelievers”. God's temple has no “agreement” with “idols”, and “believers” in Jesus are His “temple”. God declared that he would not only “live” within people, but would also “walk” with them. This connection makes “people”, “God's people”, and make “God”, their God. Jesus Christ made all this possible, and Christians should not compromise with those who are “unbelievers” in this world

Next time Paul instructs the church members to, “come out from among them, and be separate”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then,

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