“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). We ourselves are the very temple of God—you and me, His children who live with Him day by day and worship Him in our own hearts. God’s true Church has always been the body of believers, the fellowship of the saints, the assembly of the saints. The word “church” comes from the ancient Greek word ekklesia, meaning the called-out ones, or the separated ones. The church is not the building; it’s the people. Christian worship in the early days needed no buildings, no great temples built with hands of men, which could not contain God anyway (Acts 7:48). They worshiped Him in homes, in upper rooms, in basements, in the marketplace, beside the river, and in the forest under the trees—wherever they happened to be. And Christianity soon covered the earth because the apostles obeyed and went out. Instead of building buildings, they went out and built the true Church of Jesus Christ in the hearts of men, a temple built of “living stones,” as Peter calls us (1 Peter 2:5). God dwells within the human heart. Buildings cannot contain Him, but your heart contains the Lord Jesus Christ if you have received Him (Galatians 4:6). How precious it is to have the great freedom of knowing that there is no condemnation in You. Thank You that Your love and mercy are from everlasting to everlasting. Help me, Jesus, to be more like You—to see with eyes of faith the good, the pure and the lovely in the hearts of others, just as You look into my heart and choose to see only the good, the pure and the lovely. Though it may be buried beneath much rubble and cluttered by the cares of this life, You see the good and the possibilities that no other can see. You know they are there because You put them there, for You are the author of life and the source of every good and perfect gift, and the giver of good things to all Your children. For this alone—not to mention everything else that You do to show me Your love—do I love You and adore You. Forever and ever, I’ll be Yours. In Power Of The Keys,Lord & In Jesus Name,Amen!
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:09:31 +0000
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