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Read the Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-12. In his letter to the Ephesian Christians, the apostle Paul uses two great figures of speech or word pictures to help us understand the true nature and functioning of the church. The apostle likens the church, first, to a human body of flesh and bones, made up of many members articulated and coordinated ...
Apr 11, 2023 · This term, body of Christ, helps us understand what it means to be part of the church. Jesus is the head of the church, and we as believers make up the church, and therefore, are deeply connected to the work and mission of Jesus. Every believer has been given certain spiritual gifts and skills to contribute to the church and is valuable and ...
- Pamela Palmer
Jan 26, 2009 · Somehow, some way, Christ and the church are so intimately one, so united, that his persecution of the church was a persecution of Christ. St. Paul teaches first that Christ "is the head of the ...
- Brian Pizzalato
Apr 6, 2009 · Last month we discovered that St. Paul does not teach that we are saved by faith alone apart from the "obedience of faith" (Romans 1:5, 16:26). As St. Paul says in Ephesians, "…live in a manner ...
- Brian Pizzalato
Jan 4, 2022 · 1) Members of the Body of Christ are joined to Christ in salvation (Ephesians 4:15-16). 2) Members of the Body of Christ follow Christ as their Head (Ephesians 1:22-23). 3) Members of the Body of Christ are the physical representation of Christ in this world. The Church is the organism through which Christ manifests His life to the world today.
Aug 6, 2019 · Philip Yancey: The analogy between the human body and the Body of Christ appears more than 30 times in the New Testament, most fully in 1 Corinthians 12. I imagine Paul writing that passage with a twinkle in his eye, for he calls to mind an eyeball, huge and impressive yet separated from the body, to show that bodily parts we value are useless unless they serve the needs of the whole body.
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According to Philippians 3:21, God “will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body.”. So the best picture of what we’ll be like in heaven is the resurrection body of Jesus Christ. We will have a body fit for the full life of God to indwell and express itself forever. We’ll be able to eat but won’t need to.
