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Day 323, or November the 19th. Eat, drink, and

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be merry? Our thoughts today are from 1 Corinthians

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chapter 6, verse 20. You were bought at a price,

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therefore honour God with your bodies. And now

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the big picture surrounding this verse. Paul

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tells the Corinthian believers to be careful

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how they relate to unbelievers. In that cesspit

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of a place where immorality was the norm, that

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was some challenge from Paul. It's becoming more

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of a challenge for us in the 21st century too.

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Having spoken about relationships in general,

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Paul then goes on into some detail as he explains

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what he senses God wants in marriages, plus a

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few comments from the Apostle which he makes

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clear are not from God, but nevertheless are

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sound advice in line with God's teaching. And

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now today's action step. For many years we rented

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various offices for Walk Through the Bible. Each

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involved a new legal agreement, which had to

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be signed and honoured. This seriously limited

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what we could do with these offices, and where

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we could erect shelving and the like. I suppose

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it was only fair, as we had not spent money to

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buy and own them. Our landlord owned them. Similarly,

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those of us who believe in Jesus Christ have

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been bought. and our bodies therefore no longer

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belong to us, but God still allows us to use

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them. So just how can we honour God with our

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bodies? We have to start with accepting that

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we all have different bodies, and for some of

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us, they may not have been looked after very

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well before we became Christians. However, the

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Bible clearly reminds us that when we become

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believers, we have a responsibility to honour

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God with our bodies because they are no longer

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ours. However we measure this, are you, am I,

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honouring God with our body? If not, what has

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to change? Inevitably, changes will probably

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impact our eating, exercise, social activity

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and thought life. If anything results in God

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not being honoured by your body, then maybe it

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has to go sooner rather than later, if you are

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ever to continue to mature in Christ.