By the blood of Jesus, we became worthy of joining with others to form a dwelling place for God!&hel
By the blood of Jesus, we became worthy of joining with others to form a dwelling place for God!…We are all joined together to form one house for God.Would you consider taking a sledgehammer & striking that house? Of course not!Then why are we so quick to gossip, slander leadership, your pastor, & your brothers & sisters in Christ & divide the Church? If anyone destroys God’s temple, the Bible says, God will destroy that person. Why is God so harsh about this?Paul explained that God’s temple is sacred, & we–collectively–are that temple.Every time you speak evil about a member of the Church, it is like taking a sledgehammer to the temple. Are you sure you want to keep doing that?Let’s be careful with our words & actions. We are dealing with something sacred.Maybe this is why Paul said in Titus 3:10, “as for a person who stirs up division, after warning them once & then twice–have nothing more to do with them.”We can’t be enablers of division. God hates this sin too much. His home is too sacred.We live in a culture today where we are used to evaluating & giving our opinion on everything. Whether it’s the pizza we ate, our Uber driver, the movie we saw, or our friends picture on social media, everything is set up for us to be able to critique & compare. So in the Church rather than marveling at the incredible mystery that we are apart of God’s body, we critique the leadership, the music, the programs, & anything else we can think of.We point out the flaws in our pastor’s sermon with the same conviction we critique a movie star’s acting or our favorite team’s recent loss.Could it be that we are taking a sledgehammer to the temple in so doing?Remember that the temple was the location where God chose to live on earth. And now the Church is that temple. We are that temple. Through Jesus’ sacrifice you have been joined to His Church. Because of this, you are not only a part of God’s sacred temple but also apart of the heavenly community.-Francis Chan1 Corinthians 3 : 16 . 17 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the house of God, & that the Spirit of God lives among you in His house? If anyone defiles & spoils God’s home, God will destroy them. For God’s home is holy & clean, & you are that home.# #woah #convicted #wordstoliveby #truthbomb #hardtruths #nosledgehammersplease #wearethechurch #vineyardfullerton -- source link
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