'Poiema, God's Workmanship' by Samuel Tai - Preview

56 POIÊMA, GOD’S WORKMANSHIP
the first milestone of this process journey is “the unity of
the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God”. As
this unity is founded on unity in the Word, achieving it
involves teaching and learning “elementary” principles
like theology and doctrines (Hebrews 5:12-6:3), so that
we can unify the hearts and minds of every member of
the church according to the knowledge of the faith and
of the Son of God.
The “unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son
of God” is the firm foundation on which the temple of
Christ’s body is built (John 2:21). Every ‘living stone’ of
this temple must be built upon this firm foundation,
with doctrines of the Christ being the ‘corner stone’ of
this foundation.
4. “…speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all
aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from
whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by
what every joint supplies, according to the proper
working of each individual part, causes the growth of
the body for the building up of itself in love”
How can we “grow up in all aspects into Him” when we
are still untaught in “the beginning elements of the
oracles of God”? How can we attain to the measure of
the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ when
we are still unaccustomed to the word of righteousness,
and untrained to discern good and evil?
Hebrews 5:12-14 (LEB)
For indeed, although you ought to be teachers by
this time, you have need of someone to teach
you again the beginning elements of the oracles
of God, and you have need of milk, not solid food. For
everyone who partakes of milk is unacquainted
with the message of righteousness, because he is