One True Church or the Meaning of Church

[Curtis]

Greetings,

[i am not on your case @Curtis , so please over-ride any thought about that!!! ....><> ]

I do have a question, though, for all,

is the Body the same as the Church?


Bless you ....><>

I have always wondered where did God raise up his Church (body of Christ) to after scripture says "..we were delivered from the powers of darkness, and translated into the Kingdom of his dear Son." (Col 1:13)

Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

The Apostle Paul called the body of Christ the Church.

Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 

[Brother-Paul]

The Church, the Body of Christ is His Spiritual Body.

It is when His Spirit is in the saved, born-again believer.

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

It is when Christ's Spirit enters the saved souls heart that we become, Spiritual Stone' each one building together to form the Spiritual Church on earth, so be His disciples on earth.

1 Peter 2:1-7 (NKJV)
1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, (Christ's Church) a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame."
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,"

The Temple of God is within each saved believer

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV)
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

The Church, the Body of Christ on earth, is spiritual, when we die, our spirit and soul, the Temple within us, goes to heaven to be with the Lord, and we will be judged for what we have done for Him on earth,

In His Love \o/