…惟獨在寶座上我比你大。《創世紀41:40》
在神權柄之下，我要向神負責交賬我如何管控我的身體。保羅說他沒有「廢掉神的恩」，使它無效（加拉太書 2:21）。神的恩典是絕對的、無限的，藉着耶穌的工作，救恩是完全並永遠成了。我不是正在被拯救，我是已經得救的。救恩和神的寶座一樣永恆，但我必須把神放在我裡面的救恩努力作在外面。「作成 [我自己]得救的工夫」（腓立比書 2:12）意味着我有責任使用祂賜予我的東西；這也意味着我必須在自己的身體上展現主耶穌的生命，不是神秘或隱密地，而是公開而大膽地作出來。「我是攻克己身叫身服我…」（哥林多前書 9:27）。每個基督徒都可以為神絕對管控自己的身體，神已賦予我們責任治理「聖靈的殿」，包括我們的思想和慾望（哥林多前書 6:19）。我們要為此負責，絕不可放任不正當的思想和慾望。但我們大多數人是評判別人比評判自己要嚴厲得多；我們為自己的事情找借口，卻譴責別人生活中的事情，僅僅是因為我們天生並不傾向於做那些事情。
保羅說：「…勸你們…將身體獻上當作活祭…」（羅馬書 12:1）。我必須決定的，乃我是否同意我的主宰和主人的觀點，即我的身體確實是祂的殿。一旦我同意，律法關於身體的所有規則、條例和要求都總結在這個啟示的真理裡面：我的身體是「聖靈的殿」。
來自章伯斯的智慧
當一個人的心與神是正確的時候，聖經中神秘的言語對他來說就是靈和生命。屬靈的真理對純凈的心靈是可辨識的，而非對敏銳的智力。這不是智力深度的問題，而是心靈的純潔。《引領兒子進入榮耀》
1205 “The Temple of the Holy Spirit”
…only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you. —Genesis 41:40
I am accountable to God for the way I control my body under His authority. Paul said he did not “set aside the grace of God”— make it ineffective (Galatians 2:21). The grace of God is absolute and limitless, and the work of salvation through Jesus is complete and finished forever. I am not being saved— I am saved. Salvation is as eternal as God’s throne, but I must put to work or use what God has placed within me. To “work out [my] own salvation” (Philippians 2:12) means that I am responsible for using what He has given me. It also means that I must exhibit in my own body the life of the Lord Jesus, not mysteriously or secretly, but openly and boldly. “I discipline my body and bring it into subjection . . .” (1 Corinthians 9:27). Every Christian can have his body under absolute control for God. God has given us the responsibility to rule over all “the temple of the Holy Spirit,” including our thoughts and desires (1 Corinthians 6:19). We are responsible for these, and we must never give way to improper ones. But most of us are much more severe in our judgment of others than we are in judging ourselves. We make excuses for things in ourselves, while we condemn things in the lives of others simply because we are not naturally inclined to do them.
Paul said, “I beseech you…that you present your bodies a living sacrifice…” (Romans 12:1). What I must decide is whether or not I will agree with my Lord and Master that my body will indeed be His temple. Once I agree, all the rules, regulations, and requirements of the law concerning the body are summed up for me in this revealed truth-my body is “the temple of the Holy Spirit.”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart. —Bringing Sons Unto Glory, 231 L