Tip of the Day, March 31

March 31 – Eph. 2:19-20; “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone”.

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Nowhere in these two verses does it say we must have prophets and apostles today!  The verses tell us we are no longer aliens in the common-wealth of Israel and then goes on to compare the body of Christ to a physical building, Jesus Christ being the cornerstone of it.  The prophets and apostles were a secondary foundation with Jesus being the primary foundation of the church.  Look to the teachings of the foundation the apostles and prophets laid for us – this is the true way to worship Him.  The tense of the last sentence in this passage is past tense.  It has already been built.

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“Point 3.  The true church must have a foundation of Apostles and Prophets.  Eph. 2:19-20”.