THOSE WHO PLACE THEIR CHRUCH BEFORE CHRIST.[1]

 The church is best understood when viewed for what it is. The church is a spiritual body, and Christ as the head of that body. It is noteworthy that this ‘body’ of Christ did not come into place until after his death, burial, and triumphant resurrection. For the church wherein he is the head and we the body was birthed after his resurrection and not before. See Matthew 26:26, and as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. See Ephesians 5:23, For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. All those who have accepted the free gift of salvation through what Christ achieved on the cross of Calvary are automatically members of this body. Just as no living body [human cannot function without a head, so too, the church cannot function without Christ who is the head. Paul as a teacher, tried to illustrate this by using the matrimonial relationship where the man is the head of the family.1 Corinthians 12:12, For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. Apostle Peter also wrote about this mystical relationship in the book of 1 Peter 2:5, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is clear, and conspicuous to all those who want to know that the real church is not built with sands and woods in a particular place, different names and headquarters, but it is a spiritual body and Christ as the head; tells, and guides us in all things we have to do. As a wife would obey the head of the house, just as we are a spiritual bride of Christ, must also obey the groom. Revelation 22:17, And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Who is the bride this passage is referring to? Christ, of course, who paid like a groom pays for his bride. Acts 20:28, Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. This ‘church of God’ is a spiritual community without a geographical location or a physical structure; it cuts across borders and nations, and it is called the chosen generation and the people as royal priesthood and a holy nation. See 1 Peter 2:9, But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

MARANATHA!

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