The community of believers is often referred to as a spiritual house, with Jesus declaring that He will build His church. As living stones, followers of Christ are being built into a spiritual temple, according to 1 Peter, where they offer spiritual sacrifices to God. The Old Testament prophet Haggai spoke of a future glory for the house of God, while the New Testament emphasizes the importance of the church as the household of God, as seen in 1 Timothy. In Acts, the apostle Paul charges leaders to care for the church, which Jesus purchased with His own blood, as mentioned in Acts and echoed in Matthew, where Jesus asserts His authority over the church He is building.
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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”