"The Quickening (Life-Giving) Temple ofGod" -Ephesians 2:18-22(Pt. 2)

Ephesians 2:18-22  18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

 

Each personal Saint is a Temple that GOD Inhabits personally..HOWEVER the greater Glory Is that in This Time & Season God is Beginning to Build a QUICKENING (Living…LIFE GIVING) Temple through the ‘Builders’; (Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & Teachers + Individual Saints)  made up Corporately of Millions of Saints together in UNITY,worshiping Corporately which will then Revolutionize the World..(Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.)

IV.) BUILDING The QUICKENING (Life-Giving) Temple of God

Or…The Living, Breathing , Life –Giving(I Cr.15:45-49) Temple of God (ABBA)     

Ephesians 2:12-22 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

• KINGDOM Life-Fellow Citizens w/ the Saints(vs. 19)
• FAMILY- members of the Household of God(vs.19)

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.(KJV)

Paul Addresses THE APEX of What Men & Women were CREATED FOR!..The Most Intimate Relationship of ALL….Being Made Into a  Living Breathing TABERNACLE FOR ABBA!!

Here we see a word-picture presented to us of a Building (which may seem cold, inanimate & austere) & yet this BUILDING Blossoms into the FIGURE of a  Physical BODY! …What I call the Living, Breathing Temple of ABBA(Or The “QUICKENING Temple of ABBA") 

What could present a More intimate , personal Picture & example than that of our human body!? ….This word picture is a reminder of How close we can choose to be to ABBA…experiencing His Power, His Might, His LOVE!!...THROUGH being Constructed by God together with the Household of God into a Holy Habitation in which he would be Pleased to Dwell in!!

 

 

IV.) BUILDING The Quickening TEMPLE…

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.(KJV)

Built(vs. 20)Building(Vs. 21)….Builded(Vs.22) epoikodomeō…to build, build upon…BUILD UP…*(REMEMBER EPIKODOMEOJ)*………..FOUNDATION(vs. 20)

• ACTS 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
• 2:7 Rooted & Built up in Him
• I Cor. 3:9-10  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
• JUDE 1:20  But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• I PETER 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• ZECH 4:6-10a 6 So he answered and said to me:
• “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
• 8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
• 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel Have laid the foundation of this [a]temple; His hands shall also finish Then you will know That the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 10 For who has despised the day of small things?
• I Cor. 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

 

IV.) BUILDING The QUICKENING Temple…….

 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.(KJV)

apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone(vs.20)

• 21:14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• 2:7-9 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 9 and when James, [b]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
• HEBREWS 3:1-4 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is
• Acts 4:10-11 10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
• I PETER 2:4-8 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,“Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [b]are disobedient,“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,”8 and“A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.”They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
• More on CHIEF CORNERSTONE: Matt. 21:42,Mk. 12:10,Ps.118:22,Isaiah 28:16

 

IV.)Building The QUICKENING TEMPLE…………..

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.(KJV)

Groweth

• 6:12-13 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
• I Peter 2:2 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
• II Peter 3:18 But GROW in the grace & knowledge of our Lord

HABITATION

 Psalm 26:8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place [a]where Your glory dwells.

TEMPLE  

PSALM 27:4 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

V.) The Temple Building Supervisors & Workers:

Ephesians 4:7-16  7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:“When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also [a]first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [b]edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till

we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love

A.)The Building Supervisors are the “Apostles ,prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & Teachers”…vs. 11..Saints are the workers…vs 12

B.)Bldg. supervisors  Perfect & Complete & EQUIP..the Saints by instructing them

C.)Eph. 2 Comparison with Eph. 4:16 ..Building up/Edifying Ep. 2:21,22

      (NKJV ) Ep. 2:21 Fitly framed together…..Ep.4:16  Joined & knit together

                       Ep. 2:21 Doth increase….Ep. 4:16 Causes Growth

                       Ep. 2:22 Ye are *Builded together….Ep. 4:16 For the **EDIFYING of Itself

                             *synoikodomeo       **oikodomeo

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  (ESV)     Ep. 2:21 fitly framed……Ep. 4:16 joined & held together

                 Ep. 2:21 doth increase…..Ep. 4:16 causes growth

                 Ep. 2:22 builded together…Ep. 4:16 builds itself up in love

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 (NASB)  Ep.2:21 Bldg being fitted together….Ep. 4:16 Being fitly joined together & united     

                 Ep. 2:21 Is growing Into……………Ep. 4:16 causes the growth

                 Ep. 2:22 are being built together……Ep. 4:16 For the bldg up of itself in love

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(Youngs) Ep.2:21 all the bldg  filtly joined…Ep.4:16 being fitly joined together & united

                Ep. 2:21 doth increase…………..  Ep. 4:16 causes growth

                Ep. 2:22 you are builded together..Ep. 4:16building up of itself  in love

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(Message) Ep.2:21 fitting you in brick by brick & stone by stone…Ep. 4:16: keeps us in step   w/each other

              Ep.2:21 taking shape day by day….Ep. 4:16 his very breath & blood nourishes us

                 Ep. 2:22 built into…………Ep. 4:16 grow up healthy in God, robust in love.

VI.)  The Gifts are TOOLS Needed To Build The TEMPLE

        A.) Romans 12

• I beseech[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your [b]reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
• 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

            B.) I Corinthians 12 

• 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 2 You know that[a] you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb[b] idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus [c]accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
• 4 There are [d]diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works [e]all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by [f]the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
• 12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink [g]into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but man.15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?body,” is it therefore not of the body?) 17 If the whole body were an eye,

    VI.) The Gifts are TOOLS Needed To Build The TEMPLE

     I COR. 12:

17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were     hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God

• has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
• 20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no [h]schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with
• 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all