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The human body, when each part works in concert with the others, not doing the job of other parts, not attacking other parts, but doing its own job as it was uniquely designed by its creator, the human body works like a harmonious symphony in which every part is amazing and when all of the part
who floated in the ark, who dwelled in tents in the land of promise, who labored as slaves in Egypt, who sat on thrones and worked in the fields in the promised land, who were sent out as exiled and who were living in Babylon, as well as the apostles and the evangelists and the men and women of
The calling of every member of the body of Christ. Notice, first of all, what it means that the church is the body of Christ. Secondly, the activity of the members of this body, and finally, the great motive out of which this calling must be performed. The church is the living body of Christ, o
I don't want to contribute. I don't want to labor in my unique place for the good of the rest of the body. Foolishness. To cut oneself off from the rest of the life of the body. Just as much as it's foolish for us to cut off a hand and think it's still going to function properly, so also is it
She radiates forth as a living organism, the body of Christ the wondrous beauty of Him who conceived of her in His eternal will, who has begotten her by His Spirit, and who dwells in her and with her forever! The life of Christ is the life of the Church. The Church of Christ is an organism! The Chur
In the Church, the Body of Christ, all the believers are most intimately related to their Head, Christ Jesus, and thereby also inseparably and indispensably related to one another. One life fills all the members of the Body; one faith, one hope, one doctrine. Together they are united in the service
With respect to the little ones He takes to glory before birth, at birth or soon after birth we may consider the following. The body of Christ is made up of many members, of many different characteristics, talents and capacities. Each and every member of that body of Christ is needed and is importan
That's what Paul is talking about, the Church, but he doesn't say, so also is the Church, he says, so also is Christ. Because this is ultimately what explains the diversity and unity of the Church. She is the body of Christ. You can't talk about the Church without talking about Jesus. And you c
The argument is this. Because our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost, our bodies also belong to Christ. God saves our bodies as well as our souls. In question and answer 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism, the believer confesses that “with body and soul” he belongs to his faithful Savior. Christ die
In respect to his body the Christian knows especially two things. He knows that his body is the temple of the Holy Ghost because he is a member of Christ and the Spirit of Christ dwells in him. He knows too that with body and soul he is not his own but belongs to his faithful Saviour, Jesus Christ (