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God’s Temple Is to Receive Constant Care, November 3
Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
2 Corinthians 6:16
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We are to obey the laws of His kingdom, making ourselves all that it
is possible for us to be. Earnestly we are to cultivate the highest powers of
our being, remembering that we are God’s property, God’s building. We
are required to improve every day. Even in this world of sin and sorrow, we
may, by earnest, persevering effort, rise to the highest spiritual efficiency....
We are to please God. This we may do; for Enoch pleased God, though
living in a degenerate age. And there are Enochs in this our day.
The human house, God’s building, His temple, requires close, vigilant,
watchful guardianship. With David we can exclaim, “I am fearfully and
wonderfully made.” God’s workmanship is to be preserved, that it may be
revealed to the heavenly universe and to the apostate race that men and
women are temples of the living God.
The perfection of character which God requires is the fitting up of the
whole being as a temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Lord
requires the service of the entire human machinery. He desires men and
women to be all that He has made it possible for them to be. It is not
enough for certain parts of the machinery to be used. All parts must be
brought into action, or the service is deficient....
The physical life is to be carefully educated, cultivated, and developed,
that through men and women the divine nature may be revealed in its
fullness. God expects men to use the intellect He has given them. He
expects them to use every reasoning power for Him. They are to give the
conscience the place of supremacy that has been assigned it. The mental
and physical powers, with the affections, are to be so cultivated that they
can reach the highest efficiency
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