Faithful Stewards of the Body (2 Chronicles 5:13–14)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Chronicles 5:13–14, David Platt calls us to steward our bodies for the glory of God. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.4	Second Chronicles, Chapter 5, verses 13 and 14.
0:11.3	And when the song was raised with trumpets and symbols and other musical instruments
0:17.4	and praise to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
0:23.9	The house of the Lord was filled with the cloud so that the priests could not stand to minister
0:29.4	because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
0:34.7	What a scene.
0:36.9	Can you imagine? This is the dedication of the temple and the Old Testament
0:41.4	under Solomon and this loud singing and music and trumpets and symbols and musical instruments
0:49.4	just being blasted and praised to the Lord for he is good, his steadfast love endures forever,
0:56.2	and all of a sudden the house, the temple,
0:58.2	the house of the Lord, is filled with a cloud.
1:01.4	So the priests can't even stand there because of the cloud.
1:05.7	And the glory of the Lord filling this place.
1:09.4	What a scene.
1:16.1	And then, now let this soak in. This is the temple of God, the place where his glory dwells, the cloud of his presence in this place, and then realize,
1:24.2	wait a minute. First Corinthians chapter 6 verse 18 says my body as a follower of Jesus my body is this temple
1:35.4	my body houses the spirit of God like that'll knock you out of your seat if you really think about it. Like our
1:46.4	bodies, the temple of the Holy Spirit of God. Oh, that changes everything about how we view our lives,
1:54.2	how we view our bodies. Like when you look in the mirror, don't look at all the faults or blemishes
1:59.8	or other things you might be tempted to see or even
2:02.2	vain things you might be tempted to see. Look and see a temple of the Holy Spirit and then live accordingly.
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