Fifteen Commands about the Body

 

1. Yield it to God (Rom. 11:1; 6:13-20).

2. Make it living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1).

3. Make it holy (Rom. 12:1; 1Cor. 3:17).

4. Make it accepted of God (Rom. 12:1).

5. Make it full of light (Mt. 6:22).

6. Reckon it dead to sin (Rom. 6:11).

7. Reckon it alive to God (Rom. 6:11).

8. Refuse its slavery to sin (Rom. 6:12).

9. Mortify its deeds (Rom. 8:13).

10. Refuse to defile it (1Cor. 3:17).

11. Make it fit temple of Holy Spirit (1Cor. 3:16-17; 6:13-20).

12. Make it free from fornication and only for the Lord (1Cor. 6:13-20).

13. Glorify God in it (1Cor. 6:20).

14. Keep it in control (1Cor. 9:27).