Memory Text – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV “19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:20 COMMENTARY BY ADAM CLARKE As the slave who is purchased by his master for a sum of money is the sole property of that master, so ye, being bought with the price of the blood of Christ, are not your own, you are his property. As the slave is bound to use all his skill and diligence for the emolument of his master, so you should employ body, soul, and spirit in the service of your Lord; promoting, by every means in your power, the honour and glory of your God, whom you must also consider as your Lord and Master.

Sunday, August 21 All Things Were Made By Him
John 1:1-2 NRSV “1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.”
John 1:3 NRSV “All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
John 1:3 COMMENTARY BY JAMIESON, FAUSSET, AND BROWN that was made--This is a denial of the eternity and non-creation of matter, which was held by the whole thinking world outside of Judaism and Christianity: or rather, its proper creation was never so much as dreamt of save by the children of revealed religion.
John 1:4 NRSV in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.”
Colossians 1:16-17 NKJV “16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.”
Genesis 2:7 MKJV “And the LORD God formed man [of the] dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Monday, August 22 Redeemed
Acts 20:28 NKJV “"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”
Galatians 3:13 NKJV “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree"),”
Galatians 3:13 COMMENTARY BY ALBERT BARNES The law of God denounced death as the wages of sin…..That would certainly have been inflicted, but for the coming and death of Christ. The world is lying by nature under this curse, and it is sweeping the race on to ruin.
Galatians 4:4-5 NKJV “4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.”
Colossians 1:14 NKJV “in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”
Hebrews 9:12 NKJV “Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 NKJV “18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [like] silver or gold, from your aimless conduct [received] by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

Tuesday, August 23 The Temple of the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NLT “19 Or don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”
Deuteronomy 21:20 ESV “and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’”
Proverbs 20:1 ESV “Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.”
Proverbs 20:25 ESV “It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 COMMENTARY BY ADAM CLARKE As no general rule can be laid down in reference to the above particulars, there is one maxim of which no Christian must lose sight-that whether he eats or drinks of this or the other kind of aliments, or whatever else he may do, he must do it so as to bring glory to God. This is a sufficient rule to regulate every man's conscience and practice in all indifferent things, where there are no express commands or prohibitions.

Wednesday, August 24 Do All to the Glory of God
Exodus 15:26 ESV “saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.””
Exodus 15:26 COMMENTARY BY ADAM CLARKE That the Israelites had in general a very good state of health, their history warrants us to believe; and when they were afflicted, as in the case of the fiery serpents, on application to God they were all healed.
Jeremiah 30:17 ESV “For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’”
Jeremiah 30:17 COMMENTARY BY JAMIESON, FAUSSET, AND BROWN Zion--alluding to its Hebrew meaning, "dryness"; "sought after" by none, as would be the case with an arid region (Isa 62:12). The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be the chosen opportunity of, God's grace.
Mark 5:25-34 God’s Word to the Nations “25 In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. 26 Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse. 27 Since she had heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched his clothes. 28 She said, "If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll get well." 29 Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness. 30 At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" 31 His disciples said to him, "How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?" 32 But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. 33 The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth. 34 Jesus told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness."”
3 John 1:2 God’s Word “Dear friend, I know that you are spiritually well. I pray that you’re doing well in every other way and that you’re healthy.”

Thursday, August 25 Shalom
Genesis 43:28 -- Revised Standard “They said, ‘Your servant our father is well, he is still alive.’ And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.”
Psalms 38:3 -- Living Bible “Because of your anger my body is sick, my health is broken beneath my sins. They are like a flood, higher than my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear.”
Psalm 38:3 SDA BIBLE COMMENTARY All suffering is the result of the entrance of sin into the universe, and personal suffering is often the direct result of wrongdoing. “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). God does not work a miracle to preserve men from suffering the consequences of violating nature’s laws. If men were shielded from the disastrous results of their wrongdoing, sinners would become greatly emboldened in their iniquity.
Psalms 119:165 -- New Jerusalem with Apocrypha “Great peace for those who love your Law; no stumbling-blocks for them!”
Proverbs 3:2 -- New American with Apocrypha “For many days, and years of life, and peace, will they bring you.”
Isaiah 48:22 -- New American Standard "There is no peace for the wicked," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:6 -- New International /b]"`Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

Strong’s on “shalom” - 07965 AV-peace 175, well 14, peaceably 9, welfare 5, salute + 07592 4, prosperity 4, did 3, safe 3, health 2, peaceable 2, misc 15; 236

Friday, August 26 Further Study

Ellen G. White, Education , p. 99 To transgress His law, physical, mental, or moral, is to place one’s self out of harmony with the universe, to introduce discord, anarchy, ruin.

Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons , p. 347 The physical life is to be carefully preserved and developed that through humanity the divine nature may be revealed in its fullness.

Ellen G. White, Counsels on Diets and Foods , p. 17 The Creator of man has arranged the living machinery of our bodies. Every function is wonderfully and wisely made. And God pledged Himself to keep this human machinery in healthful action if the human agent will obey His laws and cooperate with God. Every law governing the human machinery is to be considered just as truly divine in origin, in character, and in importance as the word of God. Every careless, inattentive action, any abuse put upon the Lord’s wonderful mechanism, by disregarding His specified laws in the human habitation, is a violation of God’s law. We may behold and admire the work of God in the natural world, but the human habitation is the most wonderful.