Inspired of the Lord, the apostle Paul wrote, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” ![]()
I Corinthians 6:19-20. When we receive Jesus by faith as our Savior, Lord and Life, God comes to live in us in the Person of the Holy Spirit. Our body becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit. Thus, when we sin we grieve the Holy Spirit within us (Ephesians 4:25-32). When we ignore, dismiss or reject the convicting work of the Holy Spirit within us we quench the Spirit (I Thessalonians 5:19-24). We must not do anything that would grieve or quench the Lord’s presence in us. Things we do which would taint God's temple should be avoided. It is God’s presence in us in the Person of the Holy Spirit that enables and empowers us to live the life He has called us to live. It is His presence and power within us that enables us to do His will as we read, “for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” Philippians 2:13. Are you by faith allowing Jesus to live out His life in you through the indwelling Holy Spirit? The message this Sunday, which will also be streamed on Facebook Live, will examine the presence of the Holy Spirit in believers.
The Evangelical Free Church, of which Glenwood Community Church is a part, accepts the Bible as the inspired and inerrant Word of God. It is an essential doctrine because all that we believe is based upon the teachings and truths of the Bible. If the Bible cannot be trusted in its entirety, then nothing we believe can be trusted for what we believe comes from the Bible. In the ten-point Statement of Faith for the Evangelical Free Church the second point reads, “We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.” The Evangelical Free Church believes the Bible is the Word of God. As God’s Word, it tells us how to be saved and who we are in Christ. Since it is the Word of God, the Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and lifestyle. The message this Sunday, which will also be streamed on Facebook Live, will consider how accepting the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible is essential to our faith.