THURSDAY JUNE 12
“You
also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house.” 1 Pe 2:5 NIV
LOVE
YOUR CHURCH—JESUS DOES! (2)
We don’t go to church, we are the church! If we met
for worship in the parking lot, we’d still be the church! Consider Solomon’s
temple. IT was planned by David, the father, built by Solomon the son, and at
its dedication filled with the Holy Spirit. Here are three ways your church is
just like Solomon’s temple: (1) It was built on redemption ground! Mount
Moriah, the scene of Solomon’s temple, is where Abraham took his son Isaac and
offered him as a sacrifice. Guess what? Two thousand years later, God led His
only begotten Son up that same mountain to die for our sins. AS G.D. Boardman
said, “The cross is the only ladder high enough to touch Heaven’s threshold.”
(2_ It was the most unique building ever constructed. It was built from stones
made ready before they were brought together. They were washed, then fashioned,
then fitted together. And that’s our story too, isn’t it? “You also, like
living stones, are being built into a spiritual house…offering spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (3) The building materials
came from many nations. We aren’t saved by race, but by grace. It’s not the
blood that flows in your veins that saves you; it’s the blood that flowed from
Christ veins that makes you righteous and accepted before God. Two unique
phrases are used to describe Solomon’s temple: “exceeding magnifical” (1 Ch
22:5); “famous everywhere for its greatness and beauty” (v. 5 NCV). That’s how
God feels about His church, and you should too!
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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