Bible
Study: Ezekiel 47, 1 to 12. 1st
Corinthians 3, 9 to 17. And John 2, 13 to 22.
The words
of St. Paul to us this morning are quite instructive: “You are God's field,
God's building… Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit
dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's
temple is holy, and that temple you are.”
As
children of God, we carry God inside of us. We must be conscious at all times
of our identity as temples of God and remind Satan of who we are whenever we are
faced with temptation.
In our
mode of dressing, we should remember that certain dresses are not befitting to
us no matter the type of occasion we are attending because these dresses were
carefully designed by people who do not regard the body as a temple of God. Have
you ever seen a temple without doors and windows? Do not dishonour the temple
that is your body.
Ezekiel
relates his vision where he describes a certain fountain flowing constantly
from the midst of the Sanctuary. Wherever this water flows into, it brings
life, health and rejuvenation. This is a perfect description of what becomes of
us when we constantly drink from the water of the Sanctuary. Each time, we go
to church we tap from a flow of God’s divine and supernatural blessing. We must
go with faith expecting to drink from the water which is beyond what the
physical eyes can see.
Jesus in
today’s Gospel passage angrily drove out from the temple, those who are were
desecrating the place by selling oxen, sheep, doves and changing money. And
when asked what sign he would give to show he had the authority to cleanse the
temple, he responded: “Destroy this temple and in three days, I will raise it
up.” Jesus was speaking of the temple of his own body. When we apply this
analogy to our own lives as temples of God, we can see each time we allow sin
to reign in us and we begin to love money more than God, we are desecrating our
bodily temples.
Today, we
are called to do a cleansing our minds and hearts. We are called to make a whip
of cords and search through our lives for any sinful inclination or vice that
pollutes the temple of our bodies.
As temples
of God that we are, we should be a in love relationship with God who is within
us and our love for God should be so strong that we dare not offend him by
desecrating our bodies through sinful acts such as looking at indecent
materials with our eyes, telling lies with our mouth or committing immoral acts
with our flesh.
Let us pray: Lord Jesus, make me holy. Amen.
Be Happy.
Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. God bless you.
Fr. Abu
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