Church is Built on the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets with Christ as the Cornerstone

Being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone. Eph. 2:20

As believers in Christ and as members of the Body of Christ, we are being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus Himself is the cornerstone; Christ is the cornerstone of God's building to join us together in … [Continue reading]

We are Saved, Enlivened, and have Access to God for the Building up of the Church

For through Him we both have access in one Spirit unto the Father. Eph. 2:18

Our being saved by grace, being raised up together with Christ and seated together with Him in the heavenlies and having access to the Father are for the building up of the church, His Body, through growing into a holy temple in the Lord. … [Continue reading]

Living Stones are Worked on Outwardly and Living Inwardly to be Suitable for God’s Building

The real Christian life for the building up of the church as the temple of God is a life of the crucified and resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit being built into our being so that we are being conformed to His death by the power of His resurrection to be renewed day by day and transformed from glory to glory for His glory in the church — Phil. 3:10; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:16-18; Eph. 3:21. Crystallization-study of 1&2 Kings, outline 7

The stones of the temple signify Christ's humanity in transformation, the transformed Christ - He's the One suitable for God's building! He as the living stone is making us living stones through the inward work of regeneration and outward work of … [Continue reading]

Live by Faith Trusting in God and be Constantly under God’s Judgment to be Pillars

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but to work out the good is not. Rom. 7:18

The pillars of the temple were built of bronze, signifying God's judgment; for us to be useful to God, we need to be constantly under God's judgment living a life of trusting in God with no confidence in the flesh, even in the midst of complicated … [Continue reading]

Abide in the Lord and produce Soothing Oil and Invigorating Wine to Comfort and Cheer

And he came to him and bound up his wounds and poured oil and wine on them... Luke 10:34

As believers in Christ, we have been grafted into Him; we simply need to abide in the Lord and produce soothing oil and invigorating wine to comfort and cheer God and man. In order for us to partake of Christ with His riches, we need to be cut … [Continue reading]

Exercise our spirit to Absorb the Riches of Christ into whom we’re Grafted Contrary to Nature

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a fellow partaker of the root of fatness of the olive tree. Rom. 11:17

As believers in Christ, we are branches of Christ, those grafted into Him as the cultivated olive tree to enjoy Him as the life-giving Spirit by denying the self to absorb the riches of Christ. Hallelujah! The types and figures in the Old … [Continue reading]

Having the Glory of Christ Carved into our Being and Sending our Roots into Christ

And the remnant...will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 2 Kings 19:30

We need to have the glory of Christ carved into our being through sufferings, and we need to send our roots deep into Christ to absorb Him and grow with Him, even to manifest His resurrection life. As believers in Christ, we are in the process of … [Continue reading]