God’s New Testament Building (4)

Multiple New Testament verses describe God’s New Testament building. New Jerusalem, the consummation of this building, shares these characteristics.

The Gifted Members Perfect All the Believers to Participate in God’s New Testament Building Work

Ephesians 4:11-12, “He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.”

The Gifted Members Coordinate with All the Believers for God’s New Testament Building Work

Acts 20:32, “And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.”

1 Cor. 3:10-12 “According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, and another builds upon it. But let each man take heed how he builds upon it….But if anyone builds upon the foundation….”

see Ephesians 4:11-12 above

Ephesians 4:15-16, “…the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.”

Posted by Don on September 18, 2026

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