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The contention between people is the capacity in which the Prophets, and some kings etc. had the Holy Spirit. It's not taught in Scripture that the general Old Testament believer had this, no matter how one defines what the prophets, kings and a few others had. The common believer had the...

It is circular, because when I show that the distinctions within the body do not change the fact of what the Body is, and does not change the what Scripture claims, you fall back on posting those distinctions again....circular. This is not an opinion.....It's Scripture. Ephesians 1:22-23 And He...

Hi Anthony This discussion is just going in circles. The distinctions within the Body does not define the body overall, since we're made one spiritually in Him, but still distinct. We're made one "in Christ". the whole Ephesians 1:22-23 tells the same thing. Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all...

To me, it's probably more of a semantics than anything else. I have no problem with calling the Church and Jesus both the body of Christ, after all, it's called the body of Christ. And I have no problem calling the Seed, the Church. After all, the promises were made to the Jesus Himself, the...

But the bride becomes the bride "in Him". Jesus is the vine when we are "in Him". The Church is the Church "in Him". Because when were "in Him", He is in us. The Church is not a room, it's literally Jesus. You, me every believer are not the Church until we're placed into Him. We did not add...

Thank you for actually quoting me in your reply. I'll ask you to read that quote again carefully and you'll see that I never said what you're claiming. Jesus is the baptizer, and the Holy Spirit is the agent of that baptism. That's what the baptism with/by the Holy Spirit tells us. But reading...

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Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are...

What was the first believer placed into Christ placed into? Who are you placed into to be saved? Jesus, right? Not a space with Jesus in there, waiting for someone to show up so we can call it the body, which is the church, but Jesus Himself. That's all I'm saying. If Jesus is the body of Christ...

The Bible says that Jesus is the body. When we're baptized in Christ, we're baptized into Him, and as result, becoming one with Him, and as a result of that, also becoming one with everyone else who is baptized into Him. We're not baptized into other believers. We become one with them also by...

In the OT, God's literal presence dwelt inside the physical Temple in Jerusalem. By calling His body the Temple, Jesus is declaring that He is now the meeting place between man and God. Because Christ was raised, the spiritual application extends to us believers. We're now the Temples of the...

Agreed, but look at 1 Corinthians 12:12-13. We're all placed into one body (the body of Christ). The body is not a place where Jesus is, that we can spiritually connect with Him, it's actually Him. We're all placed into the body by one Spirit [indwelling]. We become spiritually connected as...

Hey Rock Would Jesus be the Church if no one was yet placed into Him? Using the Temple, He called Himself a spiritual Temple. Church would is the same spiritual house, according to what the types were pointing to, right?

Hi Alan 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. My translation. For by/with one [Holy] Spirit we were all placed into one body [of Christ]--whether Jews or...

Hey David Everyone is linked to Adam by natural birth. Believers are linked to Jesus by spiritual rebirth. As I think of it, it brings to mind John 3:6. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Is it significant that in 1 Corinthians 12:12...

Can He be both the Church, and the head? In other words, Jesus is the body whether we are in Him or not.

Hey Dave I pondered for a long time on how I should answer this. I disagree with your interpretation of many of the passages that you quoted, as I believe that the context that you applied to interpret them does not come from the Bible, rather, it comes from the system TULIP. That's what most...

What do you suppose being in Christ means? Being placed into Christ saves us. What distinction would you use that would separate Jesus from the Church other than authority? Within Jesus, there is distinction, but in Him, we're are one with Him, as He is one with the Father. He said as much...

I thought that may come up. Clever, but it still remains that it's the credit that was given. I believe that it is the imputation that is credited. In other words, we should not substitute the word 'credit' with 'imputed' as many do, rather, I believe that it's better to think of it as...

Hey David. But why does the Bible use the specific language that we're placed into Him? With emphasis on "in Him". It's the same as being placed into the body. It's a spiritual body. That would be why Jesus said destroy this Temple, and I will raise it again in three days. His resurrected body...