Building of the Church vs. Creation of the New Man

 

Building of the Church vs. Creation of the New Man

Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter; on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome her.

Colossians 2:19 … Hold fast to the head, from whom the whole body is richly supplied through its joints and sinews, and being united together, it grows in the growth of God.

Ephesians 2:21 In him the whole house, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

Ephesians 2:22 And you yourselves are also being built together in him into the dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:15 In his flesh he abolished the law of commandments and regulations, so that he might create in himself one new man, making peace between the two groups;

Ephesians 2:16 Having destroyed hatred by the cross, he reconciled them to God in one body through the cross;

Colossians 3:10 And clothed themselves with the new man, being renewed in the image of his Creator, to the fullness of knowledge;

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is the new creation: The old has gone, behold, the new has come! 

Item	Building of the Church	Creation of the New Man
Nature	Building (construction work)	Creation (new creation work)
God’s Work	Joining and building believers together	Producing a totally new corporate man in Christ
Object	Many believers as materials	One new man as a corporate entity
Emphasis	Coordination and building together	Renewal and reconstitution in life and nature
Basis	Regenerated believers as living stones	The old man terminated and the new man created
What is Dealt With	Individualism and isolation	The old man, racial and natural distinctions
Purpose	To be God’s dwelling place and the practical Body	To express the reality of one new man
Expression	A built-up church life	A living out of the new man
Result	The Body is built up	One new man is manifested
Key Experience	Being built together	Being renewed into the new man
Key Word	“Built”	“Created”

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated Insight (Key Points)

• The creation of the new man is God’s work in Christ to produce a new humanity in life and nature.
• The building of the church is God’s work to join these regenerated people together into one corporate Body.
• The new man is the content, and the building is the expression.
• Without the new man, the building has no reality; without the building, the new man has no visible testimony.

🗣️ One Prophetic Sentence

God is creating one new man in Christ inwardly and building this new man outwardly into the church as His dwelling place.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

The creation of the new man solves the problem of what kind of people we are,
and the building of the church solves the problem of how we are joined together.
Both are indispensable aspects of God’s eternal purpose.