Steeple People
March 16, 2008
It used to be that every church built had a steeple on top of it. The steeple was a way of clearly identifying the location of a place where people could meet to worship God. The steeple points to heaven where true believers will one day live eternally in the presence of God. The steeple reminds us of the power of the resurrection that every believer may know today.
If you look at the front entrance of Marvin Chapel you will notice that both doors have crosses on them and the steeple is perfectly centered over the two crosses. At the crucifixion there were three crosses: one for two thieves and one for Jesus. Jesus, “who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2). The steeple reminds us that He is now raised from the cross He endured and will return in Glory.
Jesus completed the will of the Father through the cross. We likewise, can only worship God when we enter by the door of the cross. Two thieves hung on those two crosses. One had no use for a savior who would not meet his desires. The other confessed his sin and humbly begged forgiveness from a Savior whose love he could not fathom and whose method he did not understand. Many Christians do not understand the cross because they do not understand the steeple. The cross is an incomplete symbol without the steeple. “If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us” (2 Timothy 2:12)
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