The Foundation of the Church of God

On what rock did the apostle Paul say the Church of God was being built? He tells us in Ephesians 2:19-21

19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (KJV)

Paul again states clearly that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church in I Corinthians 3:11.

Conclusion

After Jesus Christ had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, Satan tempted him to make stones into bread (Matthew 2:2-4). However, Jesus Christ did not yield to Satan’s temptation. Instead, Jesus Christ as the bread of life (John 6:35), became a stone—the chief cornerstone of the Church of God (Ephesians 2:20).

Jesus Christ is the rock on which he is building the Church of God. Peter, the other apostles, and the prophets make up the rest of the foundation. Christians are also a part of the Church of God in that they are living stones (I Peter 2:5). Just as Jesus wrote the 10 commandments with his own finger on tables of stone, he is writing his law on the hearts of his disciples (Hebrews 8:10) as the living stones added to the foundation of the Church of God. Jesus Christ is the rock that is the cornerstone of the Church of God; he is the builder of the church; and he will complete it as a temple that is fitly framed together.