The Church is a LIVING ORGANISM The Church is the BODY OF CHRIST

The Church

is a

LIVING

ORGANISM

The Church

is the

BODY

OF CHRIST

The Church

is the

BODY

OF CHRIST

It exists on

TWO LEVELS

The Church

is the

BODY

OF CHRIST

In HEAVEN

On EARTH

Ephesians 1:10

In the dispen-sation of the fulness of time He gathered together in ONE all things IN CHRIST,

Ephesians 1:10

both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- IN HIM.

Jesus united, in His own person, the DIVINITY of Deity, and the HUMANITY of

mankind,

making us ONE with God.

Signs of the Times, 27 June 1895

“With His human arm He encircles the race of Adam, and with His divine arm He grasps the throne of God,

and unites finite man with the infinite God, and earth with heaven.

Signs of the Times, 27 June 1895

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses,

Ephesians 2:4-7

made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up to-gether, and

Ephesians 2:4-7

made us sit to-gether in the heavenly places IN CHRIST JESUS, that in the ages to come He might show the

Ephesians 2:4-7

exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness to-ward us IN CHRIST JESUS.

Ephesians 2:4-7

WE are NOW seated at the right hand of God IN THE

HUMANITY of the Son of God.

WE

are IN His

BODY.

WE

Lived, Died,

Arose, and

Ascended

IN CHRIST’S BODY.

For this is the WILL of God,

your sanctification…

1 Thessalonians 4:3

Therefore, when He came into the world, He said, “Sacrifice and

offering you did not desire,

BUT…

Hebrews 10:5-14

A

BODY

You have prepared for

me.”

Hebrews 10:5-14

Then I said, “Behold, I have come… to do Your WILL, O

God”….

Hebrews 10:5-14

By that WILL we HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED through the

offering of the BODY

of Jesus ChristONCE for ALL.

Hebrews 10:5-14

For by ONE offering He

HAS PERFECTED FOREVER

Those who are sanctified.

Hebrews 10:5-14

Since you were RAISED with Christ, seek those things

which are above, where CHRIST

is,

Colossians 3:1-4

sitting at the right hand of

God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you

are dead,

Colossians 3:1-4

and your life is hidden with

Christ in God.

Colossians 3:1-4

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what

God has prepared for those who

love Him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead in a human body, and

YOU are complete IN HIM who is over all….

Colossians 2:9-10

WE

are IN the

BODY OF CHRIST

IN HEAVEN

NOW!

BUT…

Wait a minute!

WE’RE HERE!

ON EARTH!

NOW!

Now YOU are the Body of Christ, and members

individually.

1 Corinthians 12:27

We who are

IN CHRIST,

through faith,

are His BODY on earth

And God put all things under His

feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the

church,

Ephesians 1:22-23

which is

HIS BODY,

the fullness of Him who fills all

in all.

Ephesians 1:22-23

He is the Head of the BODY, the Church, who is the

beginning, the firstborn from

the dead,

Colossians 1:18-19

that in all things He may have the

preeminence. For it pleased the

Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell…

Colossians 1:18-19

Now, therefore, you are no

longer strangers and foreigners,

but fellow citizens with the

saints

Ephesians 2:19-22

and members of the household of God, having been

built on the foundation of the

apostles and prophets,

Ephesians 2:19-22

JESUS CHRIST Himself being the

Chief Cornerstone, in whom the whole

building, being joined together,

Ephesians 2:19-22

GROWS

into a holy temple in the Lord, in

whom you also are being built

together

Ephesians 2:19-22

for a dwelling place of God by

the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:19-22

As members of HIS BODY,

We partake of the divine nature

through the Holy Spirit, who

indwells HIS BODY

Ephesians 3:6; 2 Peter 1:4

Now there is ONE BODY, and ONE SPIRIT, just as you were called in ONE HOPE of

your calling;

Ephesians 4:4-7

ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM;

Ephesians 4:4-7

ONE GOD and Father of all, who is above

all, and through all, and IN you

all.

Ephesians 4:4-7

But to each one of us GRACE

has been given according to the measure of the

GIFT of Christ…

Ephesians 4:11-16

He gave some to be APOSTLES,

some PROPHETS,

some EVANGELISTS,

Ephesians 4:11-16

and some PASTORS and TEACHERS, for the EQUIPING of the saints for the

work of MINISTRY,

Ephesians 4:11-16

For the edifying of the

BODY OF CHRIST, till we all come to

the unity of the faith,

Ephesians 4:11-16

and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a

perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the

fullness of Christ…

Ephesians 4:11-16

That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of

doctrine, by the trickery of men,

Ephesians 4:11-16

In the cunning craftiness of

deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may

grow up in all things

Ephesians 4:11-16

into Him who is the HEAD, Christ, from

whom the whole BODY, joined and knit together by what every joint

supplies,

Ephesians 4:11-16

according to the effective working by which every

part does its share,

Ephesians 4:11-16

causes GROWTH of the BODY for the edifying of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:11-16

For as the BODY is ONE, yet has many members,

but all the members of that

ONE BODY, being many, are ONE

BODY…

1 Corinthians 12:12-27

So also is Christ.For by ONE SPIRIT

we are baptized into ONE BODY, whether Jews or

Greeks,


Whether slaves or free -- and have all been made to drink

into ONE SPIRIT.


For in fact the BODY is not one

member, but many. If the foot

should say, “Because I am

not a hand, I am not of the BODY,”


Is it therefore not a part of the

BODY? And if the ear should say,

“Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the BODY,”


Does that mean that it is not a part of the BODY? If the whole BODY

were an eye, where would be the

hearing?


If the whole were hearing, where would be the

smelling?But now God has set the members, each one of them,


in the BODY just as He pleased. But if they were all one member, where

would the BODY be?


But now indeed there are many members, yet ONE BODY.


For we are members of HIS

BODY, of HIS FLESH, and of HIS BONES.

Ephesians 5:30

United us to Christ

Covered us with His Life

Forgave us by His Death

Raised us to New Life

Keeps us from Falling

Reveal that we are saved

Show our faithfulness

Will either reward us

Or

Will condemn us

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment

seat of Christ,

2 Corinthians 5:10

that each one may receive the things done in

THE BODY, according to what

he has done, whether good or

bad.

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The Church is a LIVING ORGANISM The Church is the BODY OF CHRIST