There are No Jews, no Greeks, etc Part 27

Christ is such a cornerstone—of not only the Church He established but also the temple that Paul says is within me (1 Cor 6:19). And when I work for God and put jewels and wood and stone where I should be putting God’s Word, there is the possibility that all those things will be taken from me, destroyed by some form of disaster, but with the Word of God I am strong and it doesn’t matter whether I lose earthly things. (1 Cor 3:11-15) All that are called and that obey Him know this in their hearts, that all things come from God. The possessions that I now have, the salary, the home, everything is His. And unless we look at ourselves as having the temple of God and being reverent to God within that temple, then we forget that we serve a purpose in His Kingdom. We forget that we are all His. Our function next to each other is important. This has implications of several scales, first personally and second to our brethren. We must each treat ourselves the way Christ would treat us, because Christ loves us. Even when we sin, even when we stray, Christ died for us. What we forget is that Christ knows when we are going to give in, and the cross is there to make us strong to resist. It allows us to say “No” to temptation, as Paul says in Titus. But should we give in, Jesus is a mediator for us. That means He’ll fight for us. We should rejoice in such a savior. For He is real, He lived and He lives and thank God for Him.