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  BUILT UPON ONE FOUNDATION
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: God builds His temple through the Spirit, using the music of
Christ's word to bring stones together in a holy temple in the Lord.

Topics: "Unity in Christ", "God's Work"
Scripture References: Ephesians 2:19, 1 Peter 2:5

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that the construction of God's temple is solely
the work of God, who transforms lifeless stones into a living structure
through the Holy Spirit. He illustrates this divine process by comparing
it to the mythical Orpheus, whose music could move stones, highlighting
that it is Christ's word that brings believers together as a holy
temple. Spurgeon encourages the congregation to reflect on their own
journey of faith, praising God for placing them in the church and
binding them to Christ, the cornerstone. He calls for a deeper
connection with the Holy Spirit, urging believers to recognize their
role in this divine building process. Ultimately, the sermon is a
celebration of God's grace in forming a unified body of believers in
Christ.

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God's temple does not build itself, neither does man build it, but it is
the sole work of God. The Spirit of God quarries out of the pit of
nature the stones which are as yet dead, separating them from the mass
to which they adhered; he gives them life, amid then he fashions,
squares, polishes them, and they, without sound of axe or hammer, are
brought each one to its appointed place, amid built up into Christ
Jesus. The old heathen fabled of the music of Orpheus that it was so
sweet that as he poured forth the mellifluous sounds the rocks began to
dance around him, and as he continued still to play they piled
themselves up into a temple at his bidding. This is true of our Lord
Jesus, the music of whose divine word by the Spirit brings us stones
from different parts of the fields in which we lay, and fits us
together, stone to his stone, till a holy temple in the Lord arises to
his praise. May the Holy Ghost work among us in this manner, and may we
all become indwelt by the ever-blessed Spirit.

As you and I, who have long been brought into the church, think of how
we became built upon the foundation, let us praise the hand which laid
us in our place; and as we cling closer and closer to the great corner
stone to whom we are always coming, let us bless him that the same love
which in the beginning cemented us to the corner stone still holds us in
our place so firmly that none shall separate us.

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "The True Priesthood,
Temple And Sacrifice," delivered September 30, 1877

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/built-upon-one-foundation/
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