Title: “Church, Arise, Open the Road to Reconciliation”
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The church is not a building (chapel), but merely a community of salvation where witnesses of the resurrection faith in Jesus Christ gather. Therefore, the foundation of the church lies in the living Christ. The head of the church is Christ, and the church is the body of Christ. The church must have the work of meeting with God and receive new strength and vitality every time they gather. It is through the Word that we meet Christ. Another is to meet Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. In short, where there is regeneration, there is the church. When there is the work of the Word and the Holy Spirit, there is the work of being born again. “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, for they will always praise you (Selah)” (verse 4). Because there is life, there is peace, and there is the word of God.
First, we look to the Lord, who only has life as light.
Only living things (plants, animals) look to the sun. Only people of faith look to God. We must look to live, bear fruit, be healthy and win. So in the text the poet says, "Better one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere (the world/outside), it is better to be a gatekeeper in the temple of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD gives grace and glory, and will not withhold good from the upright” (verses 10-11). There is life, there is happiness, there is peace, there is love and there is hope. Therefore, the church (saints) must become salt and light to save life and taste life (Matthew 5:13-16).
Second, those who are saved (those who know grace) dedicate themselves.
Third, the church is a place where sinners are saved.