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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...

@Alan Dale Gross @Brightfame52 @David Lamb Who are we placed into when we receive the indwelling Holy Spirit. We're placed "In Christ" right? Romans 12:5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and...

Colossians 1:15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him...

Jesus is the One True Church The Church always existed, because Jesus is the Church, and He always existed. It's a spiritual body, the Body of Christ. Pentecost marked what we call the the birth of the church because that's when believers were first "placed into", or 'baptized into' Christ by...

Understanding the Contrast of “Law” and “Promise” in Galatians 3 https://www.paramountchurch.com/blog/post/understanding-the-contrast-of--law--and--promise--in-galatians-3 I stumbled across this link when pondering the idea that the word "faith" in Scripture is used to mean so many different...

In Hebrews 6:14-20, Abraham received the promise in type, Isaac, but not the spiritual realization of it in Jesus. A very profound statement here in Galatians 3 Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Romans 4:14...

I believe that it's Jesus Who was elect from the foundations of the world. We become elect with Him [from the foundations of the world] when we are placed into Him spiritually as a result of believing and receiving the indwelling Holy Spirit. If we're literally "in Him" from the foundations of...

BTW, "the faith of Christ". Lets get into that. The idea is that's it's Christ's faith, and not ours, right? And it actually is a faith that is a gift, so literally, it's His faith.....But :) we must understand the context of that statement, for without that context, we would end up with one of...

If you have the Spirit indwelling, you are "in Christ" (1 Corinthians 12:13). That same baptism that places us into Christ makes us born again. To say it another way, that same Spirit baptism that places us into Christ, also places us into His death and resurrection (Romans 6:3-11). Making us...

Hey Dave OK good. I really don't like when people hold to that temporal argument. God may not be bound by time, but that does not override all time sensitive Scripture as they try to do. Then we agree that Abraham's salvation was not a reality, because salvation/justification can only a...