“But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him” (v.17) . In verses 15-17 we can behold the mystery of our body’s union with Christ. The thought of this seventeenth verse is that if man in joining his body to that of a prostitute becomes one flesh and also a member of her, how could our bodies not become the members of Christ if we are united to the Lord and become one spirit with Him? To join the body to a prostitute will effect the union of the two bodies: how much more must the two bodies become one if our whole being is joined to Christ!' The Spiritual Man - by Watchman Nee
1Co 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Co 6:19 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?
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Our bodies are members of Christ.
We can comprehend the meaning of two being one flesh, yes? You hear it in marriage vows all the time. Yet it doesn’t take marriage to make two bodies one flesh, right? If you join with another you are one flesh with them. If we become one flesh with a harlot we are yielding ourselves to that harlot, we are joining the harlot. You cannot be one flesh with another and not be joined with them- it's impossible. Just as a person joined to a harlot is one flesh- a person joined to the Lord in spirit is one spirit with Him.
We are members of Christ. Our spiritual joining to Christ is a oneness or spirit. I we yield our bodies to situations that are clearly NOT of God, we are prostituting ourselves, our spirit with that which is not of Christ. We need to be one with Christ, not one with any other that is not of Christ.
Our bodies truly do play a part in our Spiritual life. How horrifically deceptive Satan has been getting us to become very muddled when it comes to our body- our flesh.
We don't want to believe we have been bought with a price, truly and very realistically bought by our Savior, the price He paid for us impossible for us to fully comprehend. We are owned by Christ, if we choose to be owned by Him. In accepting Him as our Savior we accept Him as master over us- every part of us. More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST! All through HIS amazing, unfathomable love.
1Co 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Co 6:19 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?
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Our bodies are members of Christ.
We can comprehend the meaning of two being one flesh, yes? You hear it in marriage vows all the time. Yet it doesn’t take marriage to make two bodies one flesh, right? If you join with another you are one flesh with them. If we become one flesh with a harlot we are yielding ourselves to that harlot, we are joining the harlot. You cannot be one flesh with another and not be joined with them- it's impossible. Just as a person joined to a harlot is one flesh- a person joined to the Lord in spirit is one spirit with Him.
We are members of Christ. Our spiritual joining to Christ is a oneness or spirit. I we yield our bodies to situations that are clearly NOT of God, we are prostituting ourselves, our spirit with that which is not of Christ. We need to be one with Christ, not one with any other that is not of Christ.
Our bodies truly do play a part in our Spiritual life. How horrifically deceptive Satan has been getting us to become very muddled when it comes to our body- our flesh.
We don't want to believe we have been bought with a price, truly and very realistically bought by our Savior, the price He paid for us impossible for us to fully comprehend. We are owned by Christ, if we choose to be owned by Him. In accepting Him as our Savior we accept Him as master over us- every part of us. More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST! All through HIS amazing, unfathomable love.
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