Section 4
Christ, that is, the church. We need to adjust our selves from the wrong teaching that says the Father's house here is heaven.
In the Epistles, the revelation that the Body of Christ is the church and that the church is the house of God is fully developed. First Timothy 3:15 discloses that the church is the house of the living God. Hence, the Father's house must mean the house of the living God on earth and not heaven. First Corinthians 3:16 tells us that the believers, as a whole entity, are the temple of God. First Peter 2:5 says that we, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house. This spiri tual house certainly must be the Father's house, the house of God. Furthermore, Hebrews 3:6 says that we are the house of God, and Ephesians 2:21-22 says that the believers are being built together as God's habitation, not in the heav ens but in the spirit. Thus, the whole New Testa ment supports the interpretation that the Father's house is eventually the Body of Christ as found in the Gospel of John itself.
Do you believe that in this universe God has two buildings—a mansion in heaven and a church on earth? God has just one building. It is illogical to say that He has two. Although you may love heaven, God is not satisfied with it. If