The House of God, Which Is the Church of the Living God
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Let's Pray:
Oh, how much You love the church! You have given us the Father's name, the Father's life, and the Father's glory, and You have given us the sanctifying holy word. Lord, we thank You.
But if I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
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The (living) God, who lives in the church, must be (subjective) to the church rather than objective. The idol in the heathen temple is lifeless. The God who not only lives but also acts, moves, and works in His living temple, the church, is (living). Because He is living, the church too is (living) in Him, by Him, and with Him.
The truth here refers to the real things revealed in the New Testament concerning Christ and the (church) according to God's New Testament (economy). The church is the supporting (pillar) and holding (base) of all these realities. (See 1 Tim. 3:15 note 3and note 5)
