The Church Fitted Together

Verse 21 is not to be isolated from the verses which go before it. Indeed, it is the culmination of all the verses which went before it in this chapter; that is, that there is a spiritual building which God is building out of the raw materials of sinful people whom He is transforming by His grace to become a holy temple in the Lord. God the Father and God the Spirit in connection with the finished work of God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, is building an everlasting building made up of people, Jew and Gentile, who are now, and will continue to be forever, His Church; to worship Him forever. So, this evening we want to think together 1st of all – About how the whole building is being fitted together. 2nd – About how this whole building is growing together into a holy temple in the Lord.