Vision for God's Church

"God's desire has always been for a house--not just saved people for His possession, but a habitation where He could live on this planet He created. His Kingdom is 'neither here nor there,' but within people who have enlarged a place in their heart. They've pushed out the world, with its carnal desires and appetites and ambitions, and made room for Jesus in their hearts, as He taught in John 8.

"That's the nature of the ekklesia, the household of God, 'the pillar and foundation of the truth.' It's people who have enlarged the place in their hearts to accept God's government with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. They have a deep love affair with Jesus and an expression of His Kingdom in their lives. Obedience and love and devotion and sincerity—the ways, character, and personality of Jesus—emanate from them in all that they do. Satan is therefore defeated and humiliated.