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#4 UNITY OF THE BODY
1) ONENESS OF THE BODY
"I will build..." Matt 16:18
"There is one body" Eph. 4:4
Not "was or shall be" True today Eph 2:14-16 Rom.
12:4,5;
1 Tim 3:15--House--Church of
SEE: 1 Cor 10:17 "WE" the body as a whole
This is what we ARE
Lord's Supper What we do
1 Cor 12:12,13 "We" the whole
" "
27 "Ye" the local
Eph 2:21 "ALL"
the whole
" 2:22
"Ye" the local
Church of God 1 Cor 10:32
Churches of God 1 Cor 11:16
N.B.Local is an expression of the whole--not a replica--
miniature
SOME DIFFERENCES
Body
Local
Positional
Practical
1 Cor 12:13
1 Cor.1:1,2
2-Christ-Builder
Men-Build
Matt 16:18
1 Cor 3:10
3-Head of th Body
Three heads
Col 1:18
1 Cor 11:3
4-Male nor Female
Not so
Gal 3:28
1 Cor 14:34
5-Indestructible
Can be destroyed
"gates of hell"
1 Cor3:18--Rev 2:
6-Indivisible
Divisions
1 Cor 1:13
1 Cor 1:10
7-No Unsaved
Unsaved
Gal 2:4- Eph 5:27
2 Pet 2:1
8-ALL are in
Within--out
N-Without
1 Cor 5:11
We are to express in our gatherings THIS ONE BODY
PRACTICES TO KEEP
The unity of the Spirit Eph. 4:2
Keep it, we cannot make it and it cannot be broken
1 Cor 12:13
HOW DO WE KEEP THIS UNITY?
1) By recognizing every believer as part of that body--individually--
not the system to which they go
2) By calling ourselves Christians only. sad so many "BRETHREN"
My wife--Donaldson she never calls herself
by that name. Rev 3:8
3) By seeking harmony with neighbouring assemblies--N.T.
Assemblies were uniform in many ways--Acts 15: --Acts
16:5--
1 Cor.4:17--7:17--11:16--14:33
4) By receiving to the assembly all that the Lord adds. Acts 2:41,
46
Rom 15:7- not "because" by "AS" the Lord received
us.
5) By using the One load and One Cup in the Lord's Supper 1 Cor 10:
16,17
6) By a mutual care one for another 1 Cor 12:25
con't
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