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Spiritual Houses (Temples)
I was browsing some pictures of Churches today, and I was thinking about all the time and energy and effort went into creating such beauty. Yeah, you can probably figure out where I'm going with this one right? :) It convicted me. The New Testament says our bodies are Gods temple. How much time and effort do we expend to keep our bodies holy and pure?
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Beautiful pics ..
I took a class last semester where we studied cathedrals some. It was fun and interesting, and made me really want to go visit some of them. To see their size and detail in person must awesome.
It's so easy to forget that my body is a Temple...that God LIVES in me, and...well, I put so much time into having a house in good condition for weekend guests, and so little time on keeping my body in good condition for God to reside in. Thanks for the reminder, Luke.
Sacré Coeur...I'm glad you added that pic (taken by my dear sis) to the post. It truly is a beautiful cathedral, and I still can hardly believe I lived a mere 10 minutes from it during the first four months of this year. What I loved most about it was that it is set upon a hill (as you can see in the pic) on the northern side of Paris. Inside there is a breath-taking mural of Jesus Christ, and when you exit there is also a gorgeous panorama of the city of Paris down below.
Yes, our bodies are the temple of God and we need to work on them, purify them for the King who bought us with the blood of His Son. Yet, some people make this the central (almost sole) focus of their Christian walk and thus remain on that hill whereupon Sacré Coeur rests. It is a beautiful, wonderful, peaceful place to be, but that is only the beginning. We must descend from the hill and enter the city of man. We must engage the culture. We must preach the truth to all who will listen.
We must get our hands dirty in the work that is to be done upon this earth.
i've seen the second one (san marco) as well as duomo in florence. pictures just don't seem to do them justice. i recommend anyone travelling in italy to see these two. anyhoo, thanks for the post and the spiritual reminder luke.
a great reminder to keep our bodies holy temples for HIM and HIS use alone!!
our bodies, our soul must be purified first before reaching to the lost!
how can we show someone else how to clean and purify a temple when we ourselves have dirty windows?
once to that point, we must tell the world the wondrous story of His love! spread it, invite others, but at the same time, keeping our own lives clean & swept out.... this is nothing to be taken lightly... this isn't something we can just do on Sundays or once a while
It must happen DAILY!
In regard to your Communications entry (cuz I don't know if you check comments from your previous entries), I really liked that article. I printed it. I liked the Bible verses to back up all the great points. It's crazy that communication is only 7% words spoken, but I believe it. Cool.
HAHAA!! you can't post pictures from KC b/c you left your camera in my van!! silly boy!!
Not trying to be a bone of contention, but I just wanted to respond to "anonymous."
I think we are basically saying the same thing. I just find it dangerous when some Christians become too introspective---too focused on the process of purification as if they are waiting stationary for God to give them the green light which will allow them to begin their work as missionaries--and therefore put off the Great Commission.
Cobwebs, dirty windows, and carnal crumbs upon the floor are things that will crop up for the rest of our lives. What is important is not necessarily being that pure temple because, in fact, we will never be truly pure (Christ's blood is what makes us clean!). Rather what is essential is to consciously engage ourselves in the battle against sin in an attempt to be clean. There is no "point" to be reached (except the point of yielding to the cross).
We may never have a perfectly clean temple, but sanctification is the act of purification, so we should be constantly sanctifying our temples or "cleaning them".
I agree. We will never be completely "pure", but that doesn't mean we should become cavalier about our "dirty windows" because we're doing the "more important part" of reaching out to the lost.
While at the same time I also agree that we need to be engaged in letting Christ use us as instruments to reach the lost. Hopefully our beautiful temples and our loving attitudes and the joy in our hearts will attract those who do not know Him.
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