Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
Para los Cristianos, el templo de Dios es una de dos cosas: O es el cuerpo físico del cristiano (vea I Corintios 6:19-20) o es el grupo de personas que constituyen su iglesia (I Corintios 3:16). Debido a las faltas de la gente que va a las iglesias muchas personas las llaman hipócritas. Sin embargo, la iglesia es muy preciosa para Dios y debe serlo también para nosotros. Cualquiera que destruye la iglesia caerá bajo el castigo de Dios. La fidelidad de Dios a su gente se demuestra al proteger y conservar su iglesia a pesar de todas las persecuciones que ha sufrido en los largos siglos de su historia, y su paciencia con la gente falible en ella. A pesar de eso, es Dios quien es el centro de la iglesia y solo Él debe ser exaltado. La iglesia debe ser gobernada por su palabra y no por la voluntad de sus miembros.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
For Christians, God's temple is one of two related things: either the Christian's physical body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) or the group of people who make up his Church gathered together (1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Peter 2:4-5). Because of the flaws in the people who make up our churches, many are overly critical of our bouts with hypocrisy and weakness. The problem with most churches is that they are made up of people like the one we see in the mirror each day. Despite our flaws and failures as God's people, his Church is precious to him. We should also value the Church, the temple of God, as precious. Anyone who destroys the Lord's Church, the Lord's temple, through division will be utterly destroyed (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). God has demonstrated his faithfulness to his people by preserving the Church through the ravages and persecutions of history, and by sustaining it through the failures of some of its most significant leaders. He has done this by his patience with the flawed people in his Church. God is still the center of the Church, the place where he chooses to dwell. So, dear friend in Jesus, we must value the Church, our congregations, the people that we share faith with, as we obey the word and will of God, and as we praise God and exalt him for his love, grace, and faithfulness.
Mi oración
Dios Santo e incomparable, te alabo por tu amor fiel revelado en la preservación de tu iglesia tras todos los largos años de su historia. Amaré a tu iglesia y haré todo lo que pueda para ayudar a sus miembros a crecer y madurar hasta que sean más como Jesús. Reconozco que tú y solo tú debes ser exaltado encima de todo y que la iglesia nunca debe ser vista como más importante que tu voluntad. Dame el coraje para ser fiel a ti aun cuando la iglesia no te honré tal como debe. Por Jesús oro, Amén.
My Prayer...
Holy and incomparable God, I praise you for your steadfast love and faithfulness revealed in your preservation of your Church through all the years and centuries of history. I will cherish your Church and do all I can to help it grow and mature into the bodily presence of Jesus. Through Jesus, I pray. Amen.
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