Ephesians 2:16-22(TMSG)
16Christ brought us together through his death on the Cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility.
17Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders.
18He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father.
19That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building.
20He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone
21that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God,
22all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
The Temple of God is a place of Saftey, a fortified place, a stronghold, on wednesday nights we have been studying about strongholds 2Corintians 10:3-5. in the passage it's talking about tearing down strongholds that exhalt themselves above the knowledge of God. but a stronghold can also be one that acknowledges the things of God. We can build ourselves in the knowldege of God and make that our stronghold. a place of strength so we can be a stone fitted together becoming or being the Church! That Christ gave up his divinty and life on earth for. Having made Christ our Chief Cornerstone lets build ourselves up you and me. to be come a place where those who don't know Him can come to for saftey. Then we can take dominion of the earth and make it a place for the Most Holy City to reside in!!
In Christ we are all a part of the Whole, be a stone others can build on! Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory
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