The House of God
The House of God
By Danny C. Wash
It is a beautiful house, the House of God. But, what
is the House of God? The House of God, in which God
dwells, is not a physical structure built by man where you
attend a church. The real House of God is Jesus Christ.
However, another part of this House is the believers who
have been placed in Christ by God and are also called the
church and the body of Christ. When Jesus endured the death
of the cross, then resurrection, and ascent to His throne in Heaven;
the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the believers at Pentecost and
His Church was birthed. The believers who received the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit then began to spread the gospel to others who
believed and by faith each received the Holy Spirit into their inner
person, thereby becoming a part of the Church, the House of God-
Christ’s body on the earth. These are the same people but together as
a whole are referred to by these three names. But, they are more than
different names, they are expressing different spiritual realities and
functions describing Christ as the head in Heaven and the believers
knitted together with Christ in heaven and us on the earth. The House
of God is God’s relationship with us through Christ. The Church is the
believers’ relationship with Christ and each other. The Body is our
relationship with Christ and His work through the Holy Spirit and us
believers on the earth. When God sees us, He sees us in his Son, Jesus,
and then we are acceptable not because of anything we have done or not
done, but because God is satisfied with Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross,
which brought God the ability to forgive us and have rest from His holy
wrath that God justifiably had against the sin of man. That is how God
can accept us, even though we are imperfect and sinful, because He sees
us in union with the One He loves immeasurably. Christ’s acceptance by
God benefits us because we are in Him and His righteousness is attributed
to us. So, rejoice and abide in Jesus, as He produces His image in us
through the constant working of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!
We are carefully joined together in Him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
Through Him you ... are also being made part of this dwelling where God
lives by His Spirit.”Ephesians 2:19-22 “We have all been baptized into one
body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit....All of you together
are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.”1Corinthians 12: 12, 27
