Clay
Moderator
Spiritual Edification is an important topic repeatedly referred in the New Testament. Do not be just satisfied with the experience of salvation. We need to grow, move forward. God has just begun a good work in us, still much more to be done.
“Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.” Romans14:19
The word used for “edification” in the New Testament is oikodomé, which translates literally as “the building of a house.”
I like this analogy'. The Gothic arch was a very popular structure in medieval architecture. The primary advantage of the arch was its strength and stability, which it derived from the fact that each stone in the arch leaned on the one beside it. This system of mutual support enabled the construction of much larger structures than might otherwise have been built. The Gothic arch could be a symbol of the church. The very fact that we need one another gives the church its strength. And the minute we decide to stop leaning on one another, we fall.
“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 1Thessalonians 5:11.
“Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.” Romans14:19
The word used for “edification” in the New Testament is oikodomé, which translates literally as “the building of a house.”
I like this analogy'. The Gothic arch was a very popular structure in medieval architecture. The primary advantage of the arch was its strength and stability, which it derived from the fact that each stone in the arch leaned on the one beside it. This system of mutual support enabled the construction of much larger structures than might otherwise have been built. The Gothic arch could be a symbol of the church. The very fact that we need one another gives the church its strength. And the minute we decide to stop leaning on one another, we fall.
“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 1Thessalonians 5:11.
