Chp 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? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
Chp 7:
17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. 21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
The key points the speaker brought were:
- We were bought at a price - price determines the value of the item bought... So how valued are we? What was the price paid for us?
- We should not let external circumstances, such as culture and human opinion, define us...
- We should remember that we are infinitely valuable - God is not careless in the way he deals with us, he went to great lengths to ensure that we had a choice of eternity with him
- Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit - do we honour that, are we submissive to God's perfect will?
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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