GOD’S CHURCH
Eleventh of twelve parts in Breathtaking Promise series
1 Corinthians 3:9: “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
Every time a devotional series winds down I get a shiver up my spine. There is only one devotion to go before Breathtaking Promise ends. Has EVERY POINT been covered?
We’ll see.
Now that we’re yielded to God’s Spirit to transform us into Christ’s likeness through Sanctification, we’re living life by faith. Pretty cool, huh? But let’s return to being God’s building, from the opening Scripture.
God is building His family. Every Believer-in-Christ is His building, His workmanship. And God is building His Church, not man. Jesus said, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Matthew 16:18). Then, Jesus gave His apostles authority to use the keys of the kingdom of heaven!
True Believers—those who are serious about “working out their salvation with fear and trembling”—are products of His workmanship. What is our foundation? Apostle Paul teaches us in 1 Corinthians 3:11, “For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
May our lives (living by faith) also be built on that same stable, solid foundation of Jesus Christ at work in us! Every Believer is God’s building, His Church that only God can build with people—as the Bride of Christ!
Oh my.
Revelation 19:6-7 proclaims, “Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and the loud peals of thunder shouting: ‘Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and the bride has made herself ready.’”
Do you realize that Believer’s “fine white linen” is being stitched as righteous works of God are accimplished through His saints? “Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Revelation 19:8).
Is that chill running up your spine now?
Take Home Nugget
What’s truly fascinating is that God is only working with a small fraction of people today. He’s not scrambling to gather the masses to Himself—YET. The world is graciously being given time to figure out that man’s way won’t work.
Human religions, governments, philosophies, cultures, values, educational systems don’t, and will NEVER work. The world is slowly learning the painful lesson that when we keep God’s holy Law, it keeps us; but when we break His Law, it breaks us!
Holy Father, I’d rather get living correctly now than learning Your way the hard way. Please keep me in Your family, safe and secure in Your way, Your Law. Amen.
Adapted from “Your Awesome Potential! (Part 2)” by David C. Pack. The Real Truth Magazine. March, 2016. Pp. 1-2, 28-30. Ohio. www.RealTruth.org
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