- We who became spiritual Nazirites through the redemption of the cross of Jesus Christ (Num 6:21)
1 Cor 6:19-20, Rom 12:1, 1 Pt 2:9
In the Old Testament, the Nazarite lived a life of self-sanctification. (Numbers 6:21)
Numbers 6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
We became temples of the Holy Spirit through the atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
So, we must live a life that proclaims that Jesus is the Christ. (Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:9)
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;