Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(1 Cor 6:13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.” The body is for the Lord”: the body of the saved is to house the Lord that He might tabernacle upon this earth. Just think of it: thousands upon thousands of people walking among a lost world with the knowledge of the Lord living inside them, seeking to allow Him to speak through them and to use their bodies as witness: “My Lord is real!” “Salvation is real!

(1Co 6:12) “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.” There are things this body needs and there are things it desires. One thing needs to be in the forefront of our minds: this body is the Lord’s. It is no longer mine.

(1Co 6:12) “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” “All things are lawful”: in this case it means the law of been completely kept by my Savior so I am no longer in violation of it. Yet, that does not free me to offend God, therefore “but all things are not expedient” – conducive to holy living. Proof – sexual sin (v.13). 

(1Co 6:11) “And such were some of you:…but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God”  Though I might fall into one of those sins listed in verses 9 &10, I stand “justified” (as if I never committed one of them) as far as my eternal destiny is concerned. Yet, that sin will and does affect my fellowship with Him: Hab_1:13 “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:…”  

(1Co 6:11) “And such were some of you:…but ye are sanctified,… in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” The word “sanctified” comes from the root word, “holy”. So, it means more than to be set apart unto God. “Holy” means separate from all sin. Put together, positionally in the sight of God we have been made without sin in His presence. The next word, “justified” spells that out (tomorrow’s).

(1Co 6:11) “And such were some of you: but ye are washed…in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”  When one repents (desires to live as the Lord desires them to live) and turn in faith to Christ’s death on the cross for their sins (the Name of the Lord Jesus), they are washed in His blood: Psa_51:7  “Purge me with hyssop (how the blood was applied to the doorpost), and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” This is done by the Spirit of God.

(1Co 6:11) “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” To those who have been birthed spiritually into the family of God, the things listed here have taken place: washing of sin, sanctification, justification. To continue to practice the sins of the unsaved, is to sin against the blood that bought you (v.20).