家的建造就是身体的长大
教会是基督的身体，已经蒙了重生，需要在生命中长大；教会是神的家，正在被建造。表面看，长大和建造是分开的事；事实上，家的建造就是身体的长大。
长成圣殿
二十一节说，“在祂里面，全房联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿。”这里我们看到，在基督这房角石里面，全房，包括犹太和外邦信徒，联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿。
这房是活的（彼前二5），所以是在长大，长成圣殿。教会这神的家真实的建造，乃是藉着信徒生命的长大。今天教会在长大，但不是在我们天然的生命里长大，乃是在神圣的生命、属灵的生命里长大。
二十一节指出，全房长成圣殿。“殿”这字在原文的意思是圣所，指全殿的内部。全房乃是在主里长成圣殿。这意思是说，神的家，即神的圣所，全部的建筑都是在主基督里。
在这点上我要问你们一个问题：神在宇宙中的圣殿完成了没有？由于殿还在长大，这事实指明，至少从我们的观点来看，神的殿还没有完成。二十一节不是说全房已经长成圣殿，乃是说全房正在长成圣殿。
建造成为神的居所
二十二节说，“你们也在祂里面同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所。”这里的“你们”，是指地方上的圣徒。保罗在本节是说，地方上的圣徒，就是在以弗所的圣徒，在基督里同被建造，成为神的居所。
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Growing into a Holy Temple &
Being Built into a Dwelling Place of God – Eph. 2:21-22
Growing of the Body Being the Building of the House
As the Body of Christ, the church has been regenerated, and as the house of God, the church is being built. Apparently, growth and building are separate things. Actually, the building of the house is the growth of the Body.
Growing into Holy Temple
Verse 21 says, “In Whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord.” Here we see that in Christ, who is the cornerstone, all the building, including both Jewish and Gentile believers, is fitted together and is growing into a holy temple.
Since the building is a living one (1 Pet. 2:5), it is growing. It grows into a holy temple. The actual building of the church as the house of God is by the growth in life of the believers. Today the church is growing. However, it is not growing in our natural life, but in the divine life, the spiritual life.
As verse 21 points out, all the building is growing into a holy temple. The Greek word rendered “temple” means the sanctuary, the inner part of the whole temple. It is in the Lord that the building is growing into a holy temple. This means that the entire building of God’s house as His sanctuary is in Christ the Lord.
At this point I would like to ask you a question: Has the temple of God in the universe been completed? The fact that the temple is still growing indicates that, from our point of view at least, the temple of God is not complete. Verse 21 does not say that all the building has grown into a holy temple; it says that all the building is growing into a holy temple.
Built into a Dwelling Place of God
Verse 22 says, “In Whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.” The word “you” here, which refers to the local saints. In this verse Paul was saying that the local saints, the saints in Ephesus, were being built together in Christ into a dwelling place of God.