Heralds Digest

  “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭3:16-17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The saying that ‘ignorance is not a tenable excuse in a court of law’ is always true, especially as the abuse of intellectual property attracts grave consequences. Unfortunately, life readily goes on probably well with several abuses until someone is caught to serve as scapegoat. Now, beyond the ownership rights by creativity, believers are often ignorant of the fact that they are God’s special patent by redemption. When the world imposes its styles, opportunities, ambition, and purposes on us, do we often respond to self with “ Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you” ? For the church at Corinth, they struggled with their rights to self-associate or self-segregate, engage or disengage, and probabl...

  “Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.” ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭3:12-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ One of the sources of consolation of a righteous relationship is the fairness of the end results, even if there appears to be discouraging mixups in the earlier days. Unfortunately, waiting for the Day that God has chosen to reward uprightness, sincerity, faithfulness, and believers’ integrity has proven to many ignorant believers to be boring and discomforting. When the best of human reward system has been compromised to appreciate unfair treatment and to recommend smart eye services, unwary believers are often tempted to also practice a varied level of dishonesty in their relationship with God. Whereas, the foundation of believers’ relationships with God is Jesus Christ and can never be comp...