My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

2 Corinthians 6:16 … The Temple of the Living God
(06/02/2017)
“You are the Temple of the Living God.”
~ Paul (2 Corinthians 6:16)
This verse is short in word and yet long in Meaning, for Paul did indeed
believe that we were but the vessels that carried the Divine Essence – vessels that
were & remain inherently sinful (see Romans 3:23, Romans 8:8, 1 Corinthians 6:9-
10, 1 Corinthians 15:56 et al), and bodily vessels that are so impure they need
liberation from an external, celestial source (see Romans 7:4, 1 Corinthians 2:11, 2
Corinthians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 15:23-25, 2 Corinthians 9:10-11, Philippians 4:6 &
Philippians 4:19 et al) …
Jesus, of course, had a very different take on humans & humanity – an
opposing take, no less. For Jesus believed that our True Selves were not the crude
vessels that carried us (our bodies) or the crude identities that keep us shackled by
lust &/or fear, but rather that we are all innately Children of God – that our
selflessly Loving Souls are who
we truly are (see John 14:20-26,
Matthew 18:3-4, John 15:26, John
14:12 et al) and that our mission
in this lifetime is to re-enliven
the same (see Matthew 22:37-40,
Matthew 7:21-24, Matthew 24:12-
14, John 13:15-17 et al).
As such Jesus would read this
verse from Paul and say not that
we are the Temple of God, but
rather that our “Temples”
encapsulate who we truly are –
namely, CHILDREN of God –
directly interconnected facets of
the Divine – embodied agents of
The One – actual Sons &
Daughters of the heavenly Father
who resides simultaneously
within and all around us (Luke
17:20-21).
Amen … Let us reflect the same.
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