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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 ...
Jan 26, 2009 · St. Paul teaches first that Christ "is the head of the body, the Church" (Colossians 1:18). Christ is preeminent in everything. We learned from a previous column (August 2008) what St. Paul ...
- Brian Pizzalato
Apr 6, 2009 · St. Paul tells us how to live a life in Christ. 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 ...
- Brian Pizzalato
Aug 6, 2019 · Philip Yancey: Oxygen is to the body what gasoline is to the automobile: it provides the fuel that keeps the engine running. If breath stops for five minutes, you die—our dependence on oxygen is that urgent. In the Bible, the word used for Spirit is the same word used for wind or breath. Spiritual life can only be sustained through a steady ...
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 4, 2022 · Contrasting our earthly bodies with the splendor of our heavenly (resurrected) bodies, Paul says, “The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body” (vv. 42-44, emphasis added ...
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Read the Scripture: Romans 12:4-5. This morning, we are spending a little time together here, in the last few minutes of this service, on a theme I think is of transcending importance. You know the first thing that a new convert discovers when he comes to know Jesus Christ is the glory of the new light that's been imparted to him.
