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That's why we read 1 Corinthians 12, because it uses this figure so extensively to help us understand the church and how we are to think of ourselves and each other as members of the church. In order to understand how this figure works, let's first take the time to look at the human body. Why i
First of all, the idea of the body, the illustration of the body, conveys the organic nature of the church, and it helps us to view the church as a complex living organism. The idea of a body conveys the idea of a living thing, a living entity, and that's why the illustration of a body is appro
Now this analogy was not something that he thought of as he was walking down the street one day. thinking about his sermons and his preaching, and he thought, oh, this is a beautiful analogy of the church. I will use that. Not that. Although it may have come to him that way. But the analogy that
That the Church with Christ as its head is an organism is the plain teaching of the allegory of the vine and the branches. John 1:1-5, "I (Christ) am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He pu
Am indestructible. It is that spirit that (if I die in a conscious state) I will commit into the Hands of mv Heavenly Father. I am very complex being. My body is composed of billions of atoms which make up all my parts; heart, lungs, liver, spleen, arteries, veins, skin and bones, which in “continua
1 Corinthians is written to a local congregation, to the congregation in Corinth. And each local congregation is a complete manifestation of that universal body of Christ. So that it is very proper for us to speak about our congregation here as the body of Christ. And when we do that, we're not
More succinctly I cannot express the idea of an “organism.” The one common life principle of the oak tree and of all its various aspects is that of the life” of this particular tree. So also for the human person and the many members of one’s body. So also for the rose plant with its leaves, stems, r
Patterns of the human body teach us about the church body which, in turn, points to the lovely name of our God. “For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations” (Psalm 100:5). Created with 11 distinct systems, this human body is a marvel.
That’s borne out in Lord’s Day 1, “That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own…” God could have formed us as spirit only; leaving us with no physical aspect. This, however, was not in his wise plan. We are quite familiar with our bodies. The body is the flesh and blood; the cell