In our past studies, we have seen how the Spirit is the Spirit of Life, the Spirit of Christ, and the Spirit of Pentecost. In this study, we consider the role of the Holy Spirit in making us holy. More specifically, we will look at the Holy Spirit’s role in making us holy as the living temple of Christ.

“Your body is a temple” is a common saying amongst Christians, and it often used to remind us of the need to treat our bodies well, even with reverence. It is so common that even the secular world has picked it up, for example in the health and fitness world, or in memes. But what does it really mean? What is the Spirit’s role and what is ours? 

For only the second time in our history, Singapore hosted the Pope, who spent three days in Singapore for the final leg of an Asian tour after visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

As we enter into a new year, some approach the year with a sense of foreboding and fear, others with a sense of opportunity and excitement. Still others look at the days to come with a certain coolness of spirit — a disinterest and detachment — that is neither excited nor anxious, because we cannot tell what tomorrow will bring. Truly as James 4 reminds us, we are merely a mist, and we should neither say with certitude that we know what tomorrow will bring, for only He that is eternal, unchanging and enduring can speak of tomorrow with certainty.

This past month, we’ve been reading about developments in Israel and the region. There is every reason to believe that this conflict is only just beginning, and will lead to severe unrest in the Middle East.

But taking a few steps back — how did things get here? And how should the thinking Christian, trusting in the God who keeps His covenant promises, think about these matters with wisdom?

In the "Sermon on the Mount", we see the Lord Jesus' preaching to His disciples of the life and culture of the kingdom of heaven. Where the holy God reigns and rules over His people, people have repented of their old way of life and turned to a new way of living. How then can we be perfectly righteous?