John Stott on the Use of Our Bodies

The following addresses the use of our bodies for those of us who have been created by God, purchased through Christ's blood, and indwelled by the Holy Spirit.

Our body has not only been created by God and will one day be resurrected by him, but it has been bought by Christ's blood and indwelled by his Spirit. Thus it belongs to God three times over, by creation, redemption, and indwelling. How then, since it does not belong to us, can we misuse it? Instead, we are to honor God with it, by obedience and self-control. Bought by Christ, we have no business to become the slaves of anybody or anything else. Once we were the slaves of sin; now we are the slaves of Christ, and his service is the true freedom.

John Stott, The Cross of Christ, p.179