As believers gather to commemorate the founding of their local congregation, they reflect on the significance of the church in their lives. According to Ephesians, the church is a body that grows and is built up in love, with each member contributing to its overall health. The importance of the church is also underscored in Matthew, where Jesus declares that He will build His church, and in Acts, where leaders are exhorted to care for it. In celebration, Psalms encourages joyful praise, while Luke reminds believers to build their lives on a strong foundation, just as a wise builder constructs a house on solid ground.
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From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
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.
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.
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.