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1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 16.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you?

What a great question to put to the church, to remind the church. So we've already seen a couple of different

images for the church in 1st Corinthians chapter 3. The church is God's field. The church is

God's building. Well now the church is God's temple. And it's interesting, just kind of a preview.

First Corinthians chapter 6, which some may know,

talks about how our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. So each one of us is the temple

of the Holy Spirit. So each one of us is God's temple. But here, the picture is plural. When Paul

says in 1 Corinthians chapter 3, 3 verse 16 do you not know that

you are God's temple that God's spirit dwells in you that's not you singular that's you plural so the

picture is yes our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit God dwells in God's spirit dwells in each of us

but there's also a corporate community picture here where God's spirit dwells in each of us, but there's also a corporate community picture here

where God's spirit dwells in us together, and together we are the dwelling place of God's spirit.

And this is an awesome realization.

Like you think about gathering with your church on a Sunday, all these

spirit-filled brothers and sisters coming together, that there is a unique dynamic when the

church comes together, the dwelling place of God's spirit, he is with you, he is among you.

Like when you gather with the church, just a powerful reminder, you are not alone.

God is with you.

God is among you.

His glory resides in that gathering. Oh, that changes everything about how we approach

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