Ephesians 2:21-22
Building Communities of Peace: A Holy Temple Where God Dwells – Ephesians 2:21-22
Ephesians 2:21-22 (NIVUK)
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Commentary
Peace is one of the fruits of the spirit. It comes from being reconciled to God through Christ. It can be experienced day by day through the practice of the presence of God, and it’s from that experience of peace that we can offer it to others. We can build communities of peace, and this church is a community just like that. And in the way that we love one another, in our patience and our welcome in our generosity to one another, in the grace with which we treat one another, and especially that we treat those who are different from us. So we are practising that peace of Christ because in him, the whole building is joined together, says verse 21, and it rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And that is what you are. You are being built together to become a dwelling place in which God lives, by his spirit and where the spirit is, there is peace.