Sept 16, 2024 … Building His Temple

Sept 16, 2024 … Building His Temple

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please tske time to hear the group, Elevation Worship, with music and lyrics, singing Build Your Church,  singing of how God is building His church, i.e. His Temple, on  the lives of those who’re willing to surrender and give their (our) lives to make Christ as our cornerstone. 

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Highlight Passage: … 1Peter 2:5 [NLT] … 

5 And you are living stones that God is building into His spiritual temple. What’s more, you are His holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God..  

… Pul teaches that the reality of Christ’s resurrection is critical to our faith and our hope to be with Him in heaven.      

    

Highlight Passage (in context)  …  1Peter 2:4-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Peter calls on Old Testament scripture to build His church with Christ as the cornerstone (see photo).                                                                                                                 

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 28:16 … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, prophesies to build His temple with The Messiah as His cornerstone.       

Reference Passage: …  Haggai 1:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru the Prophet Haggai, calls on God’s people to sacrifice themselves to rebuild His temple.                      

Reference Passage: … Matthew 16:18 [NLT] …  USE THIS Link …  

… Jesus declares that He will rebuild His church with Himself as “the Rock” and as the cornerstone of His temple.  

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 6:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  Paul teaches fellow Christians that they (we) are individually and collectively God’s temple.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:20-22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Paul teaches fellow Christians that they (we) must come together to build God’s church with Christ as the cornerstone <b>(see photo)</b>.            

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Bill Crowder  AT THIS LINK  -  discussed how we have created special names for groups of animals, like a “flock” of sheep, or a “herd” of cattle, or even a “gaggle” of geese, … with some being surprising like a “building” of rooks (which are a type of crow).     

     

And this concept reminded the ODB author to show how the concept of a “building” is often used in the Bible to describe what God wanted to do to build rebuild His Temple (i.e., His church).  We can see this repeated in the Scriptures shared above as well as in the linked song.  And I’m stopping to pray here that all of my readers have surrendered our lives to build our relationship with Christ as the cornerstone of His church.       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for using me (and all true Christians) to build Your church, Lord, with You as the Cornerstone.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here join together to build and to be Your temple with You as our cornerstone.  …  Amen

 

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