1Corinthians
12:12-13
"For
as the body (the human body) is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ*. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have
been all made to drink ( partake) into one Spirit."
*the Body of Christ, the true
Church, the same body as seen in Genesis 1:27 and 2:7, where Christ is the life of the body concealed.
One
Spirit, the same one spirit of Genesis 1 and verse 27, where by the
Spirit of Truth we find Christ as that one Spirit. So is the teachings of Jesus when rightly divided and understood. This same Spirit
is what ruled within the Son of man and
Jesus rejoiced in the
power of the spirit and said: I acknowledge the spirit of the Father,
the source of everything in heaven and earth, who has revealed what
was hidden from the wise and learned to the simple, because they
acknowledge themselves sons of the Father. By so stating He
is putting us into the One Body of Christ, as Adam was of this same
body in Genesis 1:27 and 2:7 and even in verses 21-24 because the
satisfaction of the Father's will gives true life.
It is this satisfaction that releases us from the heavy yoke of sin
and death, because the
satisfaction of the personal will only leads to death.
1Corinthians
12:14
"For
the body* is not one members, but many."
*the
human element or the One Body of Christ.
Remember
that the Lord used the figurative illustration of a loaf of bread
because bread is made from many kernels of different kinds of wheat
or grain. These when ground to powder and then mixed with oil, water,
and some salt then baking it to make bread. If (sin is equated to) yeast with sugar added and allowed to rest will rise and then it is punched down and
allowed to rise again. Then baking it the loaf will have small holes where the
yeast leaves a bubble or pocket of air within the loaf. You
get the picture, the body when it is formed is made of many members or
grains likened to wheat. Then when finally ground under pressure, then blended with
water, oil, and salt as the elements of the earth, which mans contains within the body. But to make unleavened bread, sin is left out, the yeast and sugar, and
bread is a staple of life. Bread was broken and shared among many
people. In this same chapter and verse 27.
Paul is emphasizing this concept of the Body of Christ. The mystery hidden in Genesis 1 through 3.
1Corinthians
12:27
"Now
ye (believers) are the body of Christ, and members in
particular."
We
do not find all that much mentioned of the Body of Christ until we
get into the higher things in Ephesians. Look for example in chapter
1 and drop down to verse 23, here Paul makes another reference to the
Body of Christ. Paul is the only one that refers to the One Body of
Christ, the true Church a congregation of those who have the mind of
Christ who by way of personal choice become His disciples. Who are the hidden apple of the eye or pupil of God. Which the first disciple of God, Enoch makes reference to in chapter (book) 99 of his writings and is made reference to by the prophets of Israel also. A church is not a building of stone and mortar or even wood
and nails but is found wherever the wind blows, as Jesus said, foxes have holes but the Son of man has no where to lay His head. He also made reference to the wind when blowing as being known only by the sign of it's having been there and then says, where two or more
gather together, He is in their presence. Many have been taught by the world that they have to have a church building in order to minister this is not so is it a bold faced lie and has caused much harm to Christ's Body. Back to Ephesians 1
verse 22. This is God speaking of the Son.
"And
hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over
all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that
filleth all in all."
Christ
is the federal head of His Church, His Living witnesses and all
others are but false copies or representations. They are not even a
shadow of Him because they rely on an external yoke or bondage of
hindrance, in the deception of religion. For theirs, the true Church has this testimony
that He yet Lives because He Lives in them by His Spirit. So this is
only a Pauline term, "The Body of Christ." If we go over to
chapter 3, where again, he makes reference that through one of the
mysteries given to him the Gentiles are included in this One Body.
The true church is to be head over all things just as God told
spiritual man in Genesis 1:28. The true congregation will be the
Light of the world which Israel was to have been had they accepted
Jesus as their king, not in the physical but rather in the renewed
spiritual sense. For this is what Isaiah and the Psalms tell us in chapter 2, in both of them.
Ephesians
3:6
"That
the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:"
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