‘Luxury.’
a) Proverbs 19:10. Is not fitting or appropriate for a fool to live in.
b) Proverbs 21:17. Is not the way to riches.
c) Proverbs 21:20. May come to wise people.
d) Amos 6:1 & 4. Is a false security.
e) Luke 7:25. People who live in luxury live in palaces and not in the wilderness.
f) Luke 16:19, James 5:5. Some people live every day of their life on Earth in it.
g) Revelation 18:7-9. May be at the heart of a very sinful environment.
(This QT reminds me to be very careful to reject any desire I may have to live in Luxury)
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‘Life In The Body Of Christ.’
a) 1 Corinthians 12:18. God has arranged us in the Body of Christ just as He desires.
b) Ephesians 2:21. In Christ Jesus the whole building is joined together and grows into a Holy Temple in the Lord.
c) Romans 12:5. So in Christ we who are many form one Body, and each member belongs to all the others.
d) Nehemiah 3:5. We all have to participate in the life and function of the Body.
e) 1 Corinthians 12:22. We are all necessary members of the Body.
f) Luke 16:10. We are to be Faithful in the Body of Christ and not unrighteous.
(Through this Second one I find more about Life In The Body Of Christ)
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Chris.
The Body of Christ is not supposed to be a monument. Maybe God gives us beautiful buildings, debt free, to Worship Him in. That is an amazing Grace Gift from God. I do not think that getting into debt is God’s Way or God’s “provision”. The Church is not the building, the Church is people and True Believers are the Body of Christ and we should function as such. We should aim to be out of debt as quickly as possible so that God can truly be Glorified.
