The Temple of the Spirit

O earth ,earth , earth , hear the word of the Lord while he holds open the gate of life and calls on the perishing to come in . Beware lest the sound that first awakens you be the crash of the gate when it shuts . Earth - the dust of the dead in Christ - shall hear the word of the Lord and come forth . At the mouth of the grave where a dead brother lay , Jesus said to the sorrowing survivors , "I am the resurrection and the life ; he that believeth on me , though he were dead , yet shall he live ." O for the blessed hope of immortality , burning bright within a disciples heart , and shining through his countenance , The resurrection of the dead is a precious , present truth . "Lord I believe , help thou my unbelief ," This body for which Christ died , and for which he now lives and reigns , this body when it is dust , shall hear his voice , and come forth glorious like his own .
  Not hewn stone , and carved cedar , and beaten gold, but earth is the temple in which God gets true worship., and loves to dwell . Partially now , but perfectly soon , the body of a believer is a consecrated temple of the living God . To believe , to know , to feel this , would do two things for me . With such faith I would not admit the unclean into the temple , for Jesus has bought and claims it for his own ; with such faith , I would not , when the time comes , and the messenger approaches , be frightened to let this temple be taken down , for God will raise it up again . It is his , and none shall be able to take it , or keep it out of his hands .