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| The church made without human hands, creation and the Temple? YOU |
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” 1 Cor 3:16
We are God’s House or Temple. The
building where we assemble is not. It’s just a building. There’s nothing
holy about that building. The Old Covenant TEMPLE principle – with its
altar and a High Priest hovering over everyone – is no longer in effect.
See Church Services Are NOT Biblical for an in-depth exposé.
As a matter of fact, Christians can
assemble anywhere. There’s no need to go into debt for a building. The
early Church always met in homes. The money being wasted on mortgages
can be put to better use by helping so many suffering Christians,
especially in such a downturn economy.
Each individual Christian is the Saint
who is Holy or Separated unto God because of the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit. So when you help your Christian brethren, you are “helping” God.
That’s the only building or temple God cares about.
So next time anyone errs like that – by
making an edifice out to be what it’s not – please make sure that person
is duly and lovingly corrected, publicly if necessary. The word of God
is more important than someone’s pride or ego.
“Or do you not know that your body is
a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and
that you are not your own?” 1 Cor 6:19
