To: annalex; betty boop
There is a danger in cultivating your own temple though.
The leading I have in the Spirit is that we are temples for the Spirit's indwelling (John 3, etc.)
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. - I Cor 3:16-17
To: Alamo-Girl; annalex; betty boop
The leading I have in the Spirit is that we are temples for the Spirit's indwelling (John 3, etc.) One must guard against spiritual pride. Only those who empty themselves of all pride become temples for Spirit's indwelling.
Like glass, the light of God shines through them, yet they have become invisible, never drawing attention to themselves, so that all we see is God's light through them.
Far and few inbetween are such temples.
5,322 posted on
01/11/2007 9:51:47 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: Alamo-Girl; betty boop; kosta50
we are temples for the Spirit's indwelling I stand by Kosta's remark to this. By and large, the Holy Spirit comes from the apostles. Any time the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is claimed while the Apostolic tradition is abandoned in favor of one or another modern interpretation of Christianity, such claim is a claim of vanity, not faith.
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