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That the church is God's spiritual house brings to mind the Old Testament tabernacle and temple. They were God's house. And the main idea of that house was that it was God's dwellingplace, the place where God dwelled with His people in covenant friendship and communion. That's what we are as the chu
This eternal purpose is determined by God in sovereign election. God did not choose a mere multitude of individuals who have no connection. A house is not a mere pile of bricks. It is a unity, in which every part has its own significant place and function, and all the parts together express the thou
Certainly, what's meant, at least in the first place, is his physical body. And that was fulfilled when they did destroy him. And in three days, he rose again to be the living stone. But my body also must be understood as church. his own body, physical body, a picture of the full church, the ful
But if we do not use this building in that way, if we allow the preaching of the lie, if we are unfaithful in the administration of the sacraments and in the practice of Christian discipline, if we do not worship God from our hearts in true love, we will, like Israel, be cut out of that heavenly lan
For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the shepherd and bishop of your souls. That far we read in God's holy inspired word. May God bless that word to our hearts. The text that we consider is verses four through 10. I'm simply going to read four and five by way of introduc
“One thing have I desired…; that I May dwell in the house of the Lord…” Psalm 27: 4 We often read and hear about the “house of the Lord.” We often speak of it, especially in connection with divine worship; even with reference to our material visible church home. Really, what is the house of