{"id":3372,"date":"2015-08-01T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2015-08-01T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T09:58:14","slug":"the-church-which-is-his-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3372","title":{"rendered":"The Church which is His Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church which is His Body<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026 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.\u201d\u00a0Eph 1:22-23<\/a><\/p>\n

The church of the Living God, the mystical body of Christ, is a glorious church not having any spot of sin or any blemish as a result of the propitiatory work of our Redeemer. We are one in and with Christ of whom it is written, \u2018In Him is no sin\u201d. The child of God living with the knowledge of our perfection in Christ in this fleshly body condemned to death because of sin is an humbling experience of God\u2019s revealed grace.<\/p>\n

The effects of seeing our union with Christ in regeneration is abundant in blessings and benefits which redound to His glory. We are comforted and assured in Him who is sovereign over all things to our eternal good \u2013 \u201cAnd hath put all things under His feet\u201d. He Who is our Wisdom is our HEAD that knows and sees all things and therefore governs all things Providentially for our good \u2013 \u201cand gave Him to be the head over all things to the church\u201d.<\/p>\n

Then there is the sweet fellowship we have with Him together as we are united in one body, in one mind and in one accord. Our union with Christ brings us together as one body at His feet to worship Him and hear His Words which are life unto us. Our union with Him is a union begotten of love and abides in love for Him and one another and causes us to seek the good of our brethren, forgiving, forbearing, and patiently bearing with the faults and failures of others for Christ\u2018s sake \u2013 \u201cAnd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ\u2019s sake hath forgiven you\u201d\u00a0Eph 4:32<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is a misnomer to bear the name of Christian and be filled with malice, jealousy, envy, hatred and strife. If we truly know Him we are those of whom it is written \u2013 \u201cNow ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular\u201d\u00a01Co 12:27<\/a>. We, as believers, should have one objective, one goal, one desire, \u201cWhether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God\u201d\u00a01Co 10:31<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Church which is His Body \u201c\u2026 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.\u201d\u00a0Eph 1:22-23 The church of the Living God, the mystical body of Christ, is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-tommy-robbins","category-christ-and-his-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3373,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions\/3373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}