A Holy Temple

 A Holy Temple

August 3, 2025

Ephesians 2:19-22

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having beenbuilt on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

It’s Sunday morning, a day in which it is our privilege to gather together as the body of Christ, “a holy temple in the Lord”. We “are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit”. We need to remember that we are the body of Christ corporately. We are not just individuals, saved by grace, but we are built together to serve the Lord’s purpose here on the Earth. American’s, in particular, value their individualism, but in the body of Christ, we all serve one another as distinct members with an individual purpose. But together, we comprise a whole body and are able to represent the Lord in the world. So gather joyfully with one another. Build one another up and worship the Lord as a glad company. It’s Sunday, a day to gather, worship and rest in the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:20

20 “But the LORD is in His holy temple.

Let all the earth be silent before Him.”