BE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST:
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WE, GOD'S SPIRIT-FILLED SONS AND DAUGHTERS, ARE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST'S LIVING TEMPLES:
We are not a religion or a denomination, nor do we support the construction of physical church buildings. Instead, our mission is to build up the body of our Lord God, Jesus Christ, through love, grace, and mercy. We are dedicated to aiding, helping, and supporting the members of the Jesus Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship as they carry out ministries that serve the body of Christ and His Kingdom.
We believe that being in the Church is more than simply attending services or holding membership. We are His living temples, and He manifests His works through us as we seek to meet the needs of the Saints first, and subsequently all others, in accordance with His divine will. This is the heart and mission of the Jesus Christ Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship Ministries.
We just don't go, attend, join, become a member of, or have Church. We are His living temples and Church, and He manifests His works through us in meeting the needs of His body, the Saints first and then all others according to His will. This is what we are as Jesus Christ Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship Ministries.
Awesome, Powerful, and Knowing Master Teacher, we seek Your divine guidance regarding the profound truth found in 1 Peter 2:5. Peter teaches that we are being built into a spiritual house, functioning as living stones united by the Holy Spirit. This is not a physical structure, but a spiritual community where God dwells. As we are fitted together into this holy temple, we strive to offer our bodies as living, holy sacrifices, honoring our Creator and serving Him with the tools He has provided. Please grant us further wisdom on how to fully embody this calling as Your spiritual temple in the world today.
In Romans 8:9, Apostle Paul introduces a concept similar to Peter’s assertion that believers are being built up as a spiritual house. Apostle Paul explains that the Spirit of Christ (the Holy Spirit) lives in every believer. Apostle Paul also illustrates the growth of believers together by describing them as a whole building that is being fitted together and growing into a holy temple in the Lord (Ephesians 2:21). These illustrations are not designed simply to convey growth into a building—the building is a specific kind of building and has an important purpose. The building is a temple (Ephesians 2:22). In the Old Testament, the temple was designed to be that place where God would meet humanity. It was the house of God (see, for example, the references to the temple as the house of God in 1 and 2 Chronicles). Apostle Paul explains that this house of God’s own possession is actually the dwelling place of God. Believers are being built together into a dwelling of God the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:22). Because God is Spirit (John 4:24), it makes perfect sense that His dwelling would be a spiritual dwelling, and He lives in believers through the Holy Spirit.
Both Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul are helping us understand some key implications of our being built up as a spiritual house. First, we are all recipients of God’s grace—while we were dead in sins, God made us alive (Ephesians 2:4–10). Second, because we are all given life by Him, we have equality—we are all living stones who have been made alive in Christ by faith, and in whom the Holy Spirit lives. Third, we have unity because of who God has made us to be (Ephesians 4:3). Because He made us alive and He made us to be one in the body of Christ, we have peace with God (Romans 5:1) and with each other.
The purpose of our being built up as a spiritual house is to form a collective priesthood that is continually offering spiritual sacrifices to God (1 Peter 2:5). But what are the sacrifices that this spiritual house, this priesthood, is bringing to God? Peter doesn’t specify beyond his exhortation that believers live holy lives (1 Peter 1:14–16) and that the sacrifices are spiritual. Paul uses the same terminology of “sacrifice” in Romans 12:1, affirming that, because of the mercies of God, believers should present their bodies as a living and holy sacrifice. How wonderful that we are spiritual beings, given new spiritual life and growing up together into a spiritual dwelling of God—and yet, in His grace, God allows us to do things of spiritual value with our physical bodies.
What we do with our bodies matters to God, and we can use those bodies to honor our Creator. In doing that, we can keep our behavior “excellent” (1 Peter 2:12) (Jesus Christ Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship Family Ministries ). There is nothing mystical or mysterious about this idea—we are simply designed to use the physical tools God has given us for the purposes for which He has built us. And when we understand that we are designed as a spiritual house and that God lives in us, then we understand that worshipping God means using our bodies to honor and serve Him. Amen.
In Romans 8:9, Apostle Paul introduces a concept similar to Peter’s assertion that believers are being built up as a spiritual house. Apostle Paul explains that the Spirit of Christ (the Holy Spirit) lives in every believer. Apostle Paul also illustrates the growth of believers together by describing them as a whole building that is being fitted together and growing into a holy temple in the Lord (Ephesians 2:21). These illustrations are not designed simply to convey growth into a building—the building is a specific kind of building and has an important purpose. The building is a temple (Ephesians 2:22). In the Old Testament, the temple was designed to be that place where God would meet humanity. It was the house of God (see, for example, the references to the temple as the house of God in 1 and 2 Chronicles). Apostle Paul explains that this house of God’s own possession is actually the dwelling place of God. Believers are being built together into a dwelling of God the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:22). Because God is Spirit (John 4:24), it makes perfect sense that His dwelling would be a spiritual dwelling, and He lives in believers through the Holy Spirit.
Both Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul are helping us understand some key implications of our being built up as a spiritual house. First, we are all recipients of God’s grace—while we were dead in sins, God made us alive (Ephesians 2:4–10). Second, because we are all given life by Him, we have equality—we are all living stones who have been made alive in Christ by faith, and in whom the Holy Spirit lives. Third, we have unity because of who God has made us to be (Ephesians 4:3). Because He made us alive and He made us to be one in the body of Christ, we have peace with God (Romans 5:1) and with each other.
The purpose of our being built up as a spiritual house is to form a collective priesthood that is continually offering spiritual sacrifices to God (1 Peter 2:5). But what are the sacrifices that this spiritual house, this priesthood, is bringing to God? Peter doesn’t specify beyond his exhortation that believers live holy lives (1 Peter 1:14–16) and that the sacrifices are spiritual. Paul uses the same terminology of “sacrifice” in Romans 12:1, affirming that, because of the mercies of God, believers should present their bodies as a living and holy sacrifice. How wonderful that we are spiritual beings, given new spiritual life and growing up together into a spiritual dwelling of God—and yet, in His grace, God allows us to do things of spiritual value with our physical bodies.
What we do with our bodies matters to God, and we can use those bodies to honor our Creator. In doing that, we can keep our behavior “excellent” (1 Peter 2:12) (Jesus Christ Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship Family Ministries ). There is nothing mystical or mysterious about this idea—we are simply designed to use the physical tools God has given us for the purposes for which He has built us. And when we understand that we are designed as a spiritual house and that God lives in us, then we understand that worshipping God means using our bodies to honor and serve Him. Amen.
We are reaching out to invite you to join us in our mission. As we continue to serve the body of Christ through love, grace, and compassion, we invite you to reflect on your own spiritual journey. Are you ready to take your place and work alongside us as one of His members?
Sincerely, Senior Apostle & God's Nations Messenger, Elder James R Winfree Sr, Visionary.
Founder & Senior Apostle & Messenger, Jesus Christ Royal Believers Way Saints Global Fellowship Ministries.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Amen.
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Senior Apostle James & Elect Woman Betty R Winfree Global Social Media Ministries:
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