Growing into a Temple in the Lord and being Built as a Dwelling Place of God in Spirit

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 1 Cor. 6:17

As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, we are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit to be the holy temple in the Lord, the temple of God; we are His dwelling place and He is our dwelling place. There are … [Continue reading]

Church is the Temple of God expressed in Many Localities Consummating the New Jerusalem

Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Cor. 3:16

The church is the building of God, and all the building is growing into a temple in the Lord; the church is the temple of God, and each local church is the expression of the temple of God in that locality. Hallelujah! On one hand, each of us … [Continue reading]

Receive the Life Dispensing to Grow and be Soaked with God’s Holy Element to become Holy

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Cor. 13:14

The church as the dwelling place of God grows by life dispensing, the dispensing of the Divine Trinity, and all the building is becoming holy to be as holy as God is through our being soaked and saturated with God's holy element to be a holy … [Continue reading]

Being Fitted in God’s Building and Growing with the Growth of God to Build up the Church

In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord. Eph. 2:21

In Christ as the cornerstone, all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; we are being fitted in God's building to be made suitable for God's building, and our growth in life is for the building up of the … [Continue reading]

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]