By now you've had time to do some actual building, and I must say I find it pretty awesome to see how a house is being built together out of all these materials. Now, the Bible says God is actually busy with a huge building project. Listen to what Apostle Paul writes to some Christians about what Jesus has done to the two separate groups: the Jews and the non-Jews.
Ephesians 2:19-22:
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
The building project God is busy with is not some kind of material structure like we're building here, but rather, he's building people together into a community. Of course that spiritual reality will manifest itself in all kinds of community building projects like the one we're doing today - and the interesting thing is to think about the analogy of a building. By now, with your work on the site, I think you've pretty much figured out that a brick is just a brick. It's not a wall. To become a wall, it needs other bricks. Furthermore, a wall is just a wall. It's not a house. To be a house, there need to be at least four walls and a roof. In the same way, we're interdependent and all have different gifts/responsibilities in this project. So today, let's think about how we can help each other out, and are all important in the work we're doing.
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