Your body is the instrument through which Spiritual Life becomes manifest!
This video explains that the body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, and understanding this identity is crucial for Christians. The enemy relentlessly attacks the body not just to cause discomfort, but because the body is the visible expression of God’s invisible residence on earth. Satan hates the body for the same reason he hated the temple in Jerusalem – it houses God’s Presence.
If you are having any health issues, I strongly urge you to watch this video until you have overcome those issues. I can personally testify of the effectiveness of fully aligning with this method of receiving healing and restoration in my body.
The following Scriptures are referenced:
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV
Or do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit Who is in you, Whom you have from God, and you are not your own? [20] For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 NKJV
Do you not know that you are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? [17] If anyone defiles the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is Holy, which Temple you are.
Romans 12:1 NKJV
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a Living sacrifice, Holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 8:11 NKJV
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He Who raised Christ from the dead will also give Life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.
Romans 8:23 TPT
And it’s not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spirit also inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God’s sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed.
1 Peter 2:24 NKJV
who Himself bore our sins in His own Body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by Whose stripes you were healed.
2 Corinthians 4:10-11 NKJV
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the Life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. [11] For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the Life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Joel 3:10 NKJV
Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.'”
Proverbs 18:21 NKJV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Isaiah 53:4 TPT
Yet He was the one who carried our sicknesses and endured the torment of our sufferings. We viewed him as one who was being punished for something he himself had done, as one who was struck down by God and brought low.
Ponder the following:
The body carries three realities: Presence, Purpose and Protection:
The Presence of GOD dwells within it.
The Purpose of GOD is expressed through it.
The Protection of GOD surrounds it.
Significance of the body: Your body is not just flesh and bone, but a Sacred Dwelling Place for God. It is the instrument through which Spiritual Life becomes manifest, where the unseen becomes seen, and authority takes action.
Satan’s strategy: The enemy cannot stop your spirit or enter your heart, so he tries to hinder the body, defile the temple, and influence the vessel your spirit uses. His attacks are strategic, aimed at defiling what God has sanctified. He works to make believers see their bodies as fragile, weak, and temporary through lies.
Redemption and ownership: The cross did not only redeem the spirit but also purchased the body. Therefore, satan has no legal right to it; symptoms and pain are trespassers. The body is redeemed territory and is designed to be ruled by the recreated spirit, not to lead.
The power of confession: Satan’s primary attack is verbal, wanting your words to agree with his actions, not God’s Word. Your body responds to Truth, listens to your confession, and yields to your authority. The Spirit quickens mortal bodies, enforcing resurrection life within, but requires your agreement and confession of Truth.
Body as a vehicle for dominion: The body is the vehicle of dominion on earth and the instrument through which God exercises dominion in daily life. Sickness is more than a physical attack; it is a spiritual strategy designed to defile the temple, weaken the vessel, silence the voice, and disrupt the assignment.
Responding to attacks: Believers are called to resist every attempt of the enemy to trespass on what God has claimed as His Dwelling Place. Healing is the rightful condition of the redeemed body, not an occasional miracle. When you resist sickness, you are cleansing God’s temple and enforcing Divine order.