iFellowship 1 Corinthians 7:1

Another beautiful iFellowship Day is here. I have chosen this day to share with you scripture that has touch my heart from the past week. In the past few weeks, I have been sharing scripture from 1 Peter. Our pastor has been preaching from 1 Peter and doing a marvelous job. This week though, I will be sharing from another New Testament book, 1 Corinthians. In fact, I read this scripture this morning as it was a devotion that I get on my phone. When I first read it, I literally gasped.

1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Why do you ask that I gasped? The first thing that came to my mind when I read this is, I am abusing my body by what I put in my mouth. You see, I have a weight issue. I am about 70-80 pounds overweight. That isn’t good. Especially when I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Arthritis.  To me, this scripture could very well mean that I need to cleanse my body from the excessive weight that I am carrying.  However, there is more to the scripture than that.

I have done a little research (meaning asking my hubby!) and looked at a commentary, and have realized that at this particular time in the bible, they were meaning excessive indulgences.  This can also be applied to sins against the body, more generally, as well as sins of the mind (lust, covetousness, etc).
All of these are sins of idolatry, and were mostly a result of bringing pagan greek belief into the church.  This is in reference to1Corinthians 6:12- 1 Corinthians 8.

God’s word is so amazing!  I hope you have enjoyed the scripture I have shared with you today.  Be sure to stop by Seeds of Faith and enjoy the other blogs who have linked up.