We Are The Body Of Christ, The Church

 Members of the Church are God's beloved, blood-bought children, and although we are not under the Mosaic Law, nor required to sacrifice in the Temple or keep the feasts of the Lord, we are called to be obedient to His Word. We are to be workers who are approved unto God. We are to be those who live by faith and not by sight. We are to grow in grace, walk in newness of life, live in willing submission to the Holy Spirit, and love as Christ loved us, which can ONLY be carried out when we remain in fellowship with Him.
 We are not required to keep the feasts, offer sacrifices to God, or rebuild the Temple with wood from the mountains, to glorify the Lord. We are to glorify the Lord by living godly lives, and abiding in Christ, because we ourselves have become God's holy residence. We are living stones that are being built-up into a spiritual house. We Are The Body Of Christ, The Church, and we have become a holy priesthood and ministers of reconciliation, and we are to offer ourselves to God as a spiritual sacrifice, holy and acceptable to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Haggai 1:8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the LORD.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for Haggai the prophet and the great truths in this little book. Thank You that we do not live under the Law, but in the dispensation of Grace, and we do not have to rebuild the Temple, offer animal sacrifices, or keep special feast days in order to worship You. What a blessing that the one thing You require from us, is faith alone in Christ alone. Thank You that His finished work on the Cross is sufficient. Lord, we offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to You. May the motives behind our thoughts, words, and deeds, be to glorify You and You alone. This we ask in Jesus’ name and for His greater glory, AMEN.