[Sons to Glory!]

Here ya go! Below is what I wrote after He showed me something while camping in the mountains the summer of 2013. I often find when I get away from the daily routine, that I am able to hear Him more clearly. What He spoke to me then was regarding His Body, Bride & Building. The below encompasses all three, but focuses somewhat more on His building work. (I apologize for the format as I copied and pasted this from a Word doc.)

God’s Building Work: Importance & Reward

The importance God places on how we build-up one another as living stones in His dwelling place.

Key to verses below:
A. We are God’s dwelling place, which He is building B. Help build in love C. Judgment in building – Reward or Loss

A 1. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church (Gk. ekklesia – called out gathering), and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Matthew 16:18

A 2. Yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house. . . 1 Peter 2:5

A 3. Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in Spirit. Ephesians 2:20-22

A 4. But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Hebrews 4:6

>>>Also see John 14:1-3, 23 “I go to prepare a place for you. . .”; “We will make our home with you.”
Revelation chapter 21: “the New Jerusalem . . . prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband.”

B 1. From whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. Ephesians 4:16

B 2. So also you--since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church. What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. 1 Corinthians 14:12 & 26

B 3. For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:12-13

B 4. All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up. 1 Corinthians 10:23

B 5. No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29

B 6. Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves. Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. Romans 15:1-2

B 7. So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. Romans 14:19

C 1. But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment (Bema) seat of God. Romans 14:10

C 2. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:8-17

C 3. For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1 Peter 4:17 (who He loves/receives He disciplines - Heb 12:6)

C 4. REWARD: Read the letter to the Church in Philadelphia, Revelation 3:7-13 (many references to the building, unique in His letters to the churches) This church, focused on love & building, receives a wonderful promise!

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man,
what God has prepared for those loving him!”
1 Corinthians 2:9