King James Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: By Example
For: Thursday November 25, 2010 Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends
Chapters: I Corinthians 5-9
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Details of Today's Chapters: Fornication, marriage, divorce, unrighteousness, members of Christ, charity, living in the Gospel, and the race.

Hello My Friend/Guest,
As a Christian, we are not as one individual, but one body in Christ. “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” -Romans 12:5. The physical body contains several parts to make it function properly, if any part is malfunctioning it effects the whole body, likewise the same is true for the spiritual body. How can a spiritual body malfunction? By feeding it things that are not healthy for it. People do not realize that the second they get saved the Holy Spirit moves in, which is what makes you a part of the body of Christ. “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.” - I John 4:13. Since He dwells in us that means anything we do that defiles our mind, body, or soul effects the spirit in us.

As Paul learned what was going on with the Corinthians he was disturbed by some of the incidents that he found out about them, in his letter he addresses those who were condoning fornicators. “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” - I Corinthians 5:1-7.

To be puffed up means to brag or advertize something not acceptable as being acceptable. Satan reigns where Christ does not and any person that is well aware that someone is living in sin and does, condones, or encourages it is under his (Satan's) power. We are representing Christ therefore, we are to live by example, anything we do in life needs to be done with Christ leading the way. Corrupt principles and examples, if not corrected, would hurt the whole church. Therefore, we are to remove the old leaven, or habits and replace them with new habits. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” - Ezekiel 36:26.

The word fornication means to be unfaithful or do anything that is immorally wrong to the body. Paul reminds the Corinthians what fornication is and does to people, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” - I Corinthians 6:9-11. To be effeminate means a man that acts like a woman, abusers of themselves with mankind means homosexuality, being covetous means to envy others, these are all acts of sin and fornication, when we accept Christ as our Savior we are washed clean from all these things. Praise God!

Paul gives advice that we all need to adhere to, “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” - I Corinthians 6:18-20. When you stop and think about all the ridiculous things that you have done or do with your body and that God is with you when it you have done it you can feel pretty shameful. However, one thing is for sure, knowing that God is with you, is the key to removing those bad habits and replacing them with good habits.

Our bodies are for the Lord to be an instrument of righteousness and holiness, therefore we are to glorify the body and never make it an instrument of sin. We should be honored that Jesus Christ has chosen us to set an example and show that while we were once dead in sin we were risen from the dead and are now alive through Christ. Our bodies have been redeemed from deserved condemnation and hopeless slavery by the atoning sacrifice of Christ. Praise God! “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” -Romans 5:11. Praise God!

Be blessed, enjoy the rest of your day/night and week, if you enjoy Thanksgiving I pray that your day was well blessed and thankful.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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