40.For what purpose are we being constructed in Christ?

We are being built for a habitation of God through the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is dwelling in us now. He is taking of the virtues of Christ and applying them to our personalities in such a manner that we are being built up in faith and holiness until we are able to receive the Fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19).

The Temple of God is the new man of which Paul speaks. There is neither Jew nor Gentile in the new man, in the eternal Temple of God. The Temple of God is Christ, and only Christ, for God will dwell in none other. It is only as Christ is formed in us and abides in us that we can receive the indwelling of the Father. God has purposed that Christ shall be All and in all.

Our task is not to attempt to build some program of our own in order to please the Father. Our part is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit as He builds us into a room in which the Father and the Son can dwell permanently.

Building into maturity the Body of Christ, the eternal Temple of God, is one of the main teachings of the Book of Ephesians (4:13).