1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

How do we honor God with our bodies, not just our souls?

“Churches are not model communities of good behavior. They are places where misbehavior is brought into the open to be faced and dealt with.”

- Eugene Peterson

1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

TABERNACLE: God among His people
TEMPLE: God’s manifest presence in a sacred space
JESUS: God in a human body

Colossians 2:9
For in Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.

THE CHURCH: Christ’s Body on earth

“The Church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ, but is Christ himself who has taken form among people."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

YOU: Your body as God’s chosen home

1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

Implications that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit:

1. Your cravings are not your compass.
1 Cor. 10:23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.

2. Be honest about your temptations, struggles, and addictions.
1 Corinthians 6:12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

3. We cannot separate spirituality from sexuality.
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

You were bought with a price.

1 Corinthians 6:19b-20
You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.