Jesus went into the temple courtyard and began to throw out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold pigeons.
Mark 11:15
The temple was considered the holy place where God would come to meet his people. Jesus was very protective of the temple when he walked this earth. The Jews had started to use it for a marketplace instead of a holy place, and when Jesus saw it, he was ticked. He flew into a total rage, turning over tables and scattering their precious stuff all over the floor. He just wasn’t going to stand for his Father’s temple being used by the people for their own good. It was meant to be reserved for the uses of God alone (see Mark 11:15–19).
When Jesus left this earth and sent the Holy Spirit to live within us, we no longer needed the temple to meet God because now our bodies would be the temple of his Holy Spirit (see John 14:26; 1 Cor. 6:19). That was a game changer. Suddenly people didn’t have to go to a certain place to be with God because they had God with them always.
So what does all this mean for your body, the new temple of the Holy Spirit? What kind of a temple are you keeping? Have you used your body for your own good? And would Jesus be pleased, or would he be kicking over tables and taking names? You have to beware of making your body a temple for your own pleasure and your own service, because when you do, it’s just a matter of time before there will be consequences. No one owns your body but the Lord Jesus Christ, period, end of story. He has instructed you to take care of the temple, not to act like you own it yourself or to share it with a guy other than your husband. When you put everything under God’s command, your temple will be as clean as a bleach factory after a tank spill—clean, disinfected, and pure.