Where is God? Part 3: The Temple of God

(Part 3 of 6)
And John bore witness:"I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." John 1:32-34 ESV

God, who sent John the baptist to baptize with water, told John that Jesus would have this distinction: The Spirit of God would descend upon Him and remain upon Him. Indeed, Jesus was born of the Spirit, and John knew Him as the One who would baptize with the Spirit. Please keep these truths in mind.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 8:14

Jesus is THE Son of God.
Those who believe in Him are sons of God. (Though the term "son" is masculine, it applies to believing men and women, just as the term "the bride of Christ" refers to the church, consisting of both men and women. My wife is a son of God, and I, her husband, am a bride of Christ. Yet as her husband, I represent Christ, and she represents the church. These are spiritual truths that must be discerned spiritually.)

What distinguished the Son of God and each son of God is the Spirit of God.

Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? I Corinthians 6:18b-19a


Where is God? He is in His temple, the body of each believer of Christ. This is the very distinction of God's children. Again, the presence of God with a child of God is what distinguishes the child of God.

Observe:

• Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Genesis 5:24
• Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:9
• The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. Genesis 39:2-3
• But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. Genesis 39:21-23
• Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with him. I Samuel 18:12-14
• But when Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him, Saul was even more afraid of David. I Samuel 18:28-29

It was seen and known that God was with Joseph and David. The presence of God with them distinguished them and gave them supernatural success.

What distinguishes a child of God is the Spirit of Christ in him.

What distinguishes a person of God is the presence of Christ upon her.

Where is God?
He is in a child of God, for the body of God's child is His temple, His literal dwelling place. Believe in Jesus, and become a temple of the living God. And if you are a child of God, revere God who is in you, and follow Him. (to be continued...)