The Body of Christ
Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
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Every one who is Born Again is a member of the Body of Christ. You cannot become a member of the body of Christ by joining a church or being born in a Christian family. You can only become a member of the Body of Christ through becoming Born Again. –(1 Cor. 12:13)
It does not matter what color you are, what nation you are from, it does not matter how much money you make, when you are born again, you are a member of the Body of Christ, therefore you are to love those who are apart of the body of Christ and to fellowship and care for them. –(1 Cor. 11:27,29)
The Church begun with Jesus Christ ascension, seated at the Right of the Father and the Holy Spirit coming in Acts Two upon the first generation of Christians, apostles, and the 12 apostles of the Lamb. –(Acts 2)
Where is the H.Q. of the Church? The H.Q. of the Church is not on earth, instead it is in Heaven; the Body of Christ is made up of every person who is Born Again past and now! The general assembly and church of the firstborn are registered in Heaven. There is a great cloud of witnesses In Heaven, all those who gone before us are watching the fruits of their labors in us, by hear from the Lord of our good deeds. –(Heb. 12:22-23, 12:1)
Who is the Head of the church? The Head of the Church is our Lord Jesus Christ; He is the head of the church, the Apostle and High Priest of our Confession, the Chief Shepard and Overseer of souls. –(Col. 1:18)
What is the Church? The Church is the Priesthood of the Kingdom of God, The Bride of Christ and the Ambassadors of the Kingdom of God. –(1 Pet. 2:9)
How does the Church work together? To each member they work together through the gifts giving to each member, who in turn sets them in a place so that the rest of the body may be edify through the gifts giving to them. You can understand how the church works together by understanding the gifts and functions, for each member has gifts and functions that others do not have, in order to benefit each other and the rest of the body of Christ. –(Rom. 12:3-5, 1 Cor. 12:12-27)
Throughout the world you can see the body of Christ, which is the church at work through each of the city churches in each city, there is one city church, there may be many groups in Christ, instead there is only one city church per city. –(Rev.1-4)
It is Jesus Christ who said that He would build His Church; it is the Lord to is guiding the church through the Holy Spirit in us and in the body of Christ, which is the church. In addition, He said He will build His Church upon the Rock, which is Christ, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. –(Matt. 16:18)
The future and destiny of the church in the end times will be a church of unity, a restored church, a mature church, and a church full of glory, the glorious church. Jesus prayed for His Church to be one in Him and the Father, this will come to pass and the church will walk in the oneness of Christ in the future. –(Jn. 17:20-23)
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