Life in the body: Truth or Mockery?

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything,
but only God, who makes things grow.

The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose,
and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple
and that God's Spirit lives in you?

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him;
for God's temple is sacred,
and you are that temple.

Do not deceive yourselves.
If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age,
he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight.
As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ
and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.

Now it is required that those who have been given a trust
must prove faithful.

I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court;
indeed, I do not even judge myself.

My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent.
It is the Lord who judges me.

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time;
wait till the Lord comes.
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness
and will expose the motives of men's hearts.
At that time each will receive his praise from God.

I have written you in my letter
not to associate with sexually immoral people --

not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral,
or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters.
In that case you would have to leave this world.

But now I am writing you that you must not associate
with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral
or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler.
With such a man do not even eat.

(1 Corinthians 3:7,8,16-20; 4:1-5; 5:9-11;
All scripture taken from New International Version.)

Are YOU mocking God with YOUR life?


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