A Spiritual House

 

A Spiritual House

 

The bible tells us that Jesus went proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. He said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, for I was sent for this purpose.” Luke 4:43

 

This kingdom is something you cannot touch or physically see but He told us that the kingdom of God is at hand. So how are we in this kingdom?

 

Peter explains this to us in 1 Peter 2:4-5:

And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

Peter is giving us a physical example (a stone) of what each of our spirits are in the kingdom of God. Of course, we are living stones because everything that is in God is living. When we were born again, our spirits were revived and now are living in Jesus. That connection with Jesus has brought us to life in the kingdom of God and now we have that connection to God.

Peter has firsthand knowledge of this because Jesus renamed him “the rock” in 

Matthew 16:18:

“I also say to you that you are Peter, upon this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.”

 

The word Peter in the Greek is Petros, meaning a piece of rock. The Greek word for rock in this scripture is Petra, meaning a mass of rock.

Very enlightening when you look at the full meaning of these words.

Jesus told Peter that he would be a rock, one of many that would make a massive rock and that would be His church. We are living stones and part of that massive rock that is His church when we are born again.

This massive rock is resting in and on Jesus who is the cornerstone and the foundation of it all. (Isaiah 28:16)

So why go through all this detail?

Well, when we can have a mental picture of a house being built stone by stone, we can start to understand that there really is a spiritual house built on the foundation of Jesus, and we are living in it. Each week there are many spiritual houses gathering and that makes up the kingdom. When we can see ourselves connected like that around the world, I believe it will make God’s kingdom stronger.

Unity in the kingdom of God is what it is going to take in these last days. Jesus said “the gates of hades will not overpower it” meaning that when the kingdom is all of one accord there is nothing that can stop it.

Let’s be of one accord in Jesus. This does not mean that everyone will agree on everything. But if we just live in God’s will for our lives, we will be of one accord.

What is that?

I Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

When our focus is continuously on our King, the kingdom will be unstoppable.