Love of God-Foundation for the Church of God

What is the foundation of your church?  Is your gathering as Christians truly in the name of Jesus Christ? Every gathering will be tested and where there is no love of God, there is no presence of God. This post emphasizes the love of Christ as the foundation on which the church of God stands.

We are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ – 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 (NKJV).

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another – John 13:34-35 (NKJV).

The scriptures ask in Psalm 11:3 that if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? The righteous can do nothing. A faulty foundation will give rise to a faulty building. Where there is envy and strife, you will find all manner of evil works (James 3:16). But a solid foundation will give rise to a strong building that will stand the test of time (Matthew 7:24-25).

The church which is God’s building, Christian believers and the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:9, Colossians 1:24), is built on Jesus Christ, the foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11). It all started with God so loving the world that He gave His only Son Jesus that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Any church standing on any other foundation other than Christ (Who is God’s gift of love to man) is not God’s building.

Jesus Christ is God (John 1:1-18) and God is love (1 John 4:8), so we can say that the foundation of the church is love. It is the evidence that you are a disciple of Christ. I would say that there is no church of Christ where there is no love. The world knows those who are disciples of Christ by the way they love one another (John 13:35). Read more...