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God’s Building
“Ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.”
Verse 9
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figure represents human character, which is to be wrought upon, point
by point. Each day God works with His building, stroke upon stroke,
to perfect the structure, that it may become a holy temple for Him.
Man is to co-operate with God. Each worker is to become just what
God designs him to be, building his life with pure, noble deeds, that
in the end his character may be a symmetrical structure, a fair temple,
honored by God and man. There is to be no flaw in the building, for it
is the Lord’s. Every stone must be perfectly laid, that it may endure
the pressure placed upon it. One stone laid wrong will affect the whole
building. To you and to every other worker God gives the warning:
“Take heed how you build, that your building may stand the test of
storm and tempest, because it is founded on the eternal Rock. Place
the stone on the sure foundation, that you may make ready for the day
of test and trial, when all will be seen just as they are.”
A Temple of Living Stones
This warning God presents to me as especially necessary for your
welfare. He loves you with a love that is immeasurable. He loves your
brethren in the faith, and He works with them to the same end as that
to which He works with you. His church on earth is to assume divine
proportions before the world as a temple built of living stones, each
one reflecting light. It is to be the light of the world as a city set on a
hill, which cannot be hid. It is built of stones laid close together, stone
fitting to stone, making a firm, solid building. Not all the stones are of
the same form or shape. Some are large, some are small; but each has
its own place to fill. And the value of each stone is determined by the
light that it reflects. This is God’s plan. He desires all His workers to
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fill their appointed places in the work for this time.
We are living amidst the perils of the last days. We are wisely
to cultivate every mental and physical power; for all are needed to
make the church a building that will represent the wisdom of the great
Designer. The talents given us by God are His gifts, and they are to
be used in their right relation to one another so as to make a perfect