March 17, 1985
The transition from the physical temple of Israel to the spiritual temple of the New Testament was a revolution. The truth that God’s temple is now seen in the lives of God’s people brings a sobering sense of responsibility to membership in the visible church. If God’s people are diverted from Christ and cease to make Him the chief cornerstone, Alistair Begg warns, they will crumble. The face of the church is sinners; it must therefore have a solid foundation in Christ.
19So then you are no longer dstrangers and aliens,4 but you are efellow citizens with the saints and fmembers of the household of God, 20gbuilt on the foundation of the hapostles and prophets, iChrist Jesus himself being jthe cornerstone, 21kin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into la holy temple in the Lord. 22In him myou also are being built together ninto a dwelling place for God by5 the Spirit.
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