Bible Questions Answered:
“How can God walk in people? Paul say
that he does...”
Jerome/ Memphis, Tennessee U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
II Corinthians 6:16 KJV
And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for 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.
The Apostle was referring to our Lord's words to Moses....
Leviticus
26:11,12 KJV (Leviticus 26:
read the whole chapter/ Blessing for Obedience-Punishment for
disobedience.) (Exodus 29:45/ Ezekiel 37:27)
11 I will
live among you, and I will not despise you.
12 I will
walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be My people.
A blessing of obedience was the very presence of The Lord in their
midst.
Genesis 3:8 KJV
And they (Adam
and Eve) heard the voice of The Lord God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day..."
The context of II Corinthians 6:16 KJV
II Corinthians
6:14-18 KJV
14 Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath Light
with darkness?
15 And what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth
with an infidel?
16 And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for 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.
17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be
a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith The
Lord Almighty.
What was it the
Apostle Paul told the Ephesian believers...
Ephesians
2:18-22 KJV
18 For through
Him (Christ) we both have access by one Spirit unto The Father.
19 Now
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
Himself being
The Chief
Corner Stone;
21 In whom all
the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in
The Lord:
22 In whom ye
also are builded together for an habitation of God through The
Spirit.
Man was created to be the spiritual temple of The Living God.
Ezekiel 37:26-28
KJV
26 Moreover I
will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and
will set My sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My
tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be My people.
28 And the
heathen shall know that I The Lord do sanctify Israel (God's people),
when My sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
John 14:23 KJV
Jesus answered
and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My Words: and My
Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our
abode with him.
I Corinthians 3:16,17 KJV (Jesus speaking about His body- John
2:19.)
16 Know ye not
that ye are the temple of God, and that The Spirit of God dwelleth in
you?
17 If any man
defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of
God is holy, which temple ye are.
I Corinthians
6:19,20 KJV
19 What? know
ye not that your body is the temple of The Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
I Peter 2:5 KJV
Ye also, as
lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 3:6 NLT
But Christ, as
The Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s
house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in
Christ.
Revelation
1:13,20 KJV
13 And in the
midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto The Son Of Man, clothed
with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
20 The mystery
of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels (messengers) of
the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are
the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
KJV (Amidst us as His people, and amidst His church.)
Unto the angel
(messenger) of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He
that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the
midst of the seven golden candlesticks (churches);
II Corinthians
6:16 KJV
“...I will
dwell in them, and walk in them;”
This is not a metaphor!
We live in a dimension of height, length, width and time, but
scientists tell us that there are at least some 18, to 19 other
dimensions. We know of the spiritual dimension, but most certainly,
not of its parameters.
Our Lord told us....
John 16:12 KJV
I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
If The Living God says we are His holy temple, His abode (if we are
living faithfully to Him.), and that He walks in us, believe it, we
must, to understand it, we must, wait.
Psalm 139:14 KJV
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
How wonderful to know our wonderful Savior, is with us!
Genesis 28:15
KJV
And, behold, I
am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou
goest...for I will not leave thee..."
Exodus 33:14 KJV
And He said, My
presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Deuteronomy 20:1
KJV
"...The
Lord thy God is with thee..."
Isaiah 43:1 KJV
"... I
will be with thee..."
Matthew 18:20
KJV
For where two
or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of
them.
Matthew 28:20
KJV
"...lo, I
am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
"... for
He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
