Your Body Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit
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leprosy in the house; it is unclean. And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the
timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into
an unclean place.” They lost the house. They destroyed the house.
Is sickness acceptable in a house? In the Lord’s house? It’s only right to take care of what the
Lord has given us. We ought to spend the money, we ought to buy the supplies, and we ought to
do whatever it takes to keep it nice and clean.
What if you went to church and someone had let a bunch of pigs into the building or a pack of
dogs had gotten in? What if someone just left the doors open and said, “Ah, whatever,” and
people had thrown stuff on the floor five years ago, and it hadn’t been picked up yet? If it was
stinking and had filth in it, what would you think? That would be talked about wouldn’t it?
They’d say, “That’s terrible! Terrible! They have filth in the Lord’s house! Terrible!”
And what if you said, “Now I just believe that this filth is the Lord’s will. We don’t understand
it, but…”
Well, how many know a church building is not really the Lord’s house? It’s been dedicated to
Him, and used for His purposes, but all of these material things are going to melt with fervent
heat one day. We are the Lord’s house, and that includes these bodies. We just proved it with
other scripture verses. There’s no way sickness in the house of God can be His will. There’s no
way it can please Him, no way. The house of the Lord ought to be clean, healthy, and holy,
without sin, without disease, without fear, and without depression. The Holy Spirit lives in us. (1
Corinthians 6:19) The clean Spirit ought to have a clean house.
It’s amazing. There are men and women who are meticulously clean. I mean, they wouldn’t have
dirt in their house or in their car. They’re clean, and they’ll sit up in church and say they ought to
yield to some nasty disease that’s destroying their body because it’s the will of the Lord some
way. I’m getting worked up about this because people are dying! They’re dying. Why? They are
lying down and yielding to this nasty stuff and saying it’s the will of God.
No, you’re supposed to stand up, stomp your foot, and say, “No, this is not the will of God. I
found the will of God in the Bible. I resist this disease. I resist this thing. I deny its right in my
life and in my body.” Oh, you may see it, and the tests may say it’s there, but you don’t have to
accept it. You do not have to lie down and accept it any more than you accept a bunch of filth in
your house. You’re going to get it out.
Let’s say there’s a pig in the church sanctuary rooting around and making a mess. Can you see
people saying, “Well, leave that piggy alone. It might be the will of the Lord. Just let him make a
mess.” I assure you, they’d put that pig on the move. “Get that thing out of the church!” If there’s
anything that defiles your body, you ought to be the same way. You ought to say, “Get this out of
my body! No! This has no right in my child, in my baby. It has no right in my body.” We’re sure
it couldn’t be the will of God for the house of the Lord to be defiled and corrupted.
Let me prove to you further that this concept of a sickness-free house includes the body. Did you
know that we see the strongest physical manifestation of our Lord ever displayed when someone
