聖經是我們獨一無二的標準 - 生命.. 結晶.. 啓示

Meaning

Refers to individuals being rooted and establishing a firm foundation in divine love, which is the basis for personal spiritual growth

Refers to the collective building process of the entire Body of Christ, emphasizing corporate growth and edification

Focus

Personal spiritual experience and growth

The building up of the church as the Body of Christ

Process

Receiving, appreciating, and enjoying Christ through faith and love

Members being joined together, caring for one another, and building up in love

Foundation

God loves us first, and we respond to Him with divine love

Members coordinating in love and serving one another

Result

Personal life being transformed, saturated by God, becoming holy and without blemish

The building up, growth, and maturity of the Body of Christ, reaching the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

Examples

Individuals experiencing God's love through prayer, Bible reading, and communion with the Lord, and responding with love toward God and others

Believers loving one another, supporting each other, bearing with one another, serving one another, and coordinating in service

Practical Applications

• Cultivating a personal intimate relationship with God

• Practicing experiencing and responding to God's love in daily life

• Receiving and enjoying Christ through faith

• Experiencing transformation and growth in life through love

• Practicing mutual love in church life

• Caring for weaker members

• Speaking the truth in love

• Coordinating with one another in service

• Avoiding having only knowledge of the truth without the practice of love

Challenges

May focus only on personal spiritual experience while neglecting building relationships with other believers

May talk about high peak truths but lack the practice of love, leading to being puffed up rather than being built up

Interrelationship

Individual rooting in love is the foundation for the building of the Body of Christ; without individual believers being rooted in love, the Body cannot be properly built up

The building of the Body of Christ provides the environment and opportunity for individuals to be rooted in love; through the building of the Body, individual lives can grow more abundantly

Relevant Scriptures

Ephesians 1:4: "Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love"

Ephesians 3:17: "That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love"

1 Timothy 1:14: "And the grace of our Lord superabounded with faith and love in Christ Jesus"

Ephesians 4:2: "With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love"

Ephesians 4:15: "But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ"

Ephesians 5:2: "And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor"