{"id":7232,"date":"2018-11-23T11:37:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=7232"},"modified":"2018-11-23T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T16:45:00","slug":"and-you-are-living-stones-that-god-is-building-into-his-spiritual-temple-whats-more-you-are-his-holy-priests-through-the-mediation-of-jesus-christ-you-offer-spiritual-sacrifices-that-pl","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/and-you-are-living-stones-that-god-is-building-into-his-spiritual-temple-whats-more-you-are-his-holy-priests-through-the-mediation-of-jesus-christ-you-offer-spiritual-sacrifices-that-pl","title":{"rendered":"“And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What\u2019s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God” (1 Peter 2:5 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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WHO BUILDS THE CHURCH?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Church is not a place, but a people. We have not built it, we are being built into it. While God builds the Church, we are to be the Church. For we are all “holy priests,” offering worship to God through meditation of Christ, the Cornerstone and Great High Priest.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Christ told Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church” (Matt. 16:18). So, Christ is Cornerstone, Capstone and Builder. And we are the bricks. Our role is not to BUILD the church. Our role is to BE the church. If we will BE the church, Christ will BUILD the church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHO BUILDS THE CHURCH?
\nThe Church is not a place, but a people. We have not built it, we are being built into it. While God builds the Church, we are to be the Church. For we are all “holy priests,” offering worship to God through meditation of Christ, the Cornerstone and Great High Priest.<\/p>\n

Christ told Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church” (Matt. 16:18). So, Christ is Cornerstone, Capstone and Builder. And we are the bricks. Our role is not to BUILD the church. Our role is to BE the church. If we will BE the church, Christ will BUILD the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1327],"scripture-chapter":[1335],"oyb_day":[1854],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7232","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-1-peter","scripture-chapter-1335","oyb_day-november-23"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}