神的殿
哥林多前书三章16至23节
16岂不知你们是神的殿，神的灵住在你们里头么？
17若有人毁坏神的殿，神必要毁坏那人；因为神的殿是圣的，这殿就是你们。
18人不可自欺。你们中间若有人在这世界自以为有智慧，倒不如变作愚拙，好成为有智慧的。
19因这世界的智慧，在神看是愚拙。如经上记着说：主叫有智慧的，中了自己的诡计；
20又说：主知道智慧人的意念是虚妄的。
21所以无论谁，都不可拿人夸口，因为万有全是你们的。
22或保罗，或亚波罗，或矶法，或世界，或生，或死，或现今的事，或将来的事，全是你们的；
23并且你们是属基督的，基督又是属神的。
信息分享
当一个顽皮的小孩在家中胡乱捣蛋，被你发觉之后，你可能会带他走到屋外，教训他说：「你为甚么要捣蛋呢？你忘记这是你的家吗？你不知道父母疼爱你吗？」
保罗在这里正是这样教训哥林多信徒：「你们忘了自己的身份吗？难道你们不明白教会的功能和圣灵的工作？难道你们已忘掉自己在教会的角色？」
神的话语一直强调我们要知行合一，换言之，我们要把信仰的真理实践出来。
保罗在这里提到神的殿。不错，圣灵住在教会里面，但与此同时，圣灵也住在每个信徒的心中。请细读六章19节。
因着圣灵居住在我们心中，这便成为我们追求圣洁的最大理由。祂既是圣洁之灵，因此，只要我们容让祂在我们心中工作，我们就必能过圣洁的生活。不少人尝试以克己修身的工夫，或过禁欲避世的生活，来追求成圣，可惜都无法成功。因为人若单凭血气之勇，不懂得倚靠圣灵的能力，根本就无法离恶成圣。
圣灵将耶稣基督所成就的一切恩典向我们显明。只要我们每天都立志顺服圣灵，祂就会在我们的心中和生命中工作，使我们愈来愈像基督。基督的行事为人，当然合乎神的圣洁标准了。
你若是信徒，就千万不要忘记圣灵已住在你的心中。只要你让祂在你心里工作，你就会发现自己有能力过圣洁的生活。
祷告：
主耶稣，求你差派圣灵在我心里工作。
THE TEMPLE OF GOD
1 Corinthians 3:16-23
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours.
23 And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Message
Have you ever been away from home with a misbehaving child and you said, 'Whatever is the matter with you? Don't you know any better than that? Don't you know where you are?'
Paul was talking just like that to the Corinthians, 'Don't you understand your position? Are you failing to understand the function of the church and the work of the Holy Spirit? Have you forgotten what it is all about?'
The Word of God emphasises that what we learn in doctrine or theory must be worked out in our lives by the Holy Spirit.
Paul also refers to the temple of God. It is quite true that the Holy Spirit dwells in the church, but he also lives in the heart of every believer. Look carefully at 6:19.
There is no stronger motive for personal holiness than this great truth that the Holy Spirit of God is living in our hearts. He is the Spirit of Holiness and he will make our lives holy if we will let him. We could never do it ourselves, although some people have tried. They have shut themselves off from the rest of the world and tried to make themselves holy. If they failed to recognise the Holy Spirit, however, they would never succeed as they would be acting in the power of the flesh and nothing more.
The Holy Spirit has come to make real to us all that Jesus Christ has made possible. When we yield ourselves day by day to him, he works in our hearts and lives, making us more and more like Jesus Christ. And Christ, of course, is God's standard of holiness.
Never forget the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life as a believer. Let him do his work in you and you will find how wonderful it can prove in holy living.
A PRAYER:
Lord Jesus let your Holy Spirit work in me today.