One spirit catalogue3/31/2023 While it’s imperative that the Believer find a good Church, faithfully attend that Church, and faithfully support that Church, it must always be understood, that membership or participation in an earthly organization, constitutes no Salvation at all. Such is foolishness, as should be obvious! In other words, the claim by some, that if you do not belong to their Church you are not saved, etc. Man cannot bring an individual into this “Body,” and man cannot take an individual out of this “Body.” To be sure, some have been attempting to do that, and I speak of so-called religious leaders, almost since the beginning of time. There is just one, and as stated, admittance into this Church or Body is the acceptance of Christ, Who Alone is the Redeemer (Jn. The phrase, “One Body” means as should be obvious, that there aren’t 20 Churches or five, or even two. This “One Body” will have its culmination at the Rapture, or perhaps a better word would be “The Resurrection.” That’s the reason that the Holy Spirit said through John, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the First Resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (Rev. That Israel refused her share, in no way negated the Plan of God, even though it did alter its direction (Rom. It was done in order to give the world the Word of God, and bring the Redeemer into the world, so that all, both Jews and Gentiles would have the opportunity of Salvation, all in Christ. All are included in this Body, for this was actually the purpose of God in forming the nation of Israel to begin with. This “Body” is the invisible Church, and yet at the same time visible, the Mystical Body of Christ, which is composed of all Believers before the Cross and after the Cross. Admittance to this Body is the “Born-Again” experience (Jn. The phrase, “There is one Body,” pertains to the Church, the Body of called-out Believers. It is, of course, the hope of sharing Christ’s Glory at the end of the age (I Jn. This is not the hope that stems from the calling but the hope that belongs to the call (Eph. 1:14) and so He is the Guarantor of the “one hope” to which we are called (Eph. The Holy Spirit is the pledge of our inheritance (Eph. The “one Spirit” Who has already spanned this gulf will bring together all who Name the Name of Christ, and for the obvious reasons. Peter made it clear that it was the same Spirit (Acts 10:47 11:12, 15–17). Consequently, the same Spirit fell on the Jews at Pentecost and on the Gentiles in the House of Cornelius. The Holy Spirit is its soul apart from Him it cannot exist. “One Spirit” indwells the Body of Christ. It is the manner in which all things are received from the Lord, and as well, in which all things are given to us. However, the Holy Spirit through the Apostle had much more in mind than merely the amalgamation of Jews and Gentiles into one Body, i.e., “one Church.” He is speaking of the entirety of the Plan of God as it regards not only the Church, but each individual. In the Pagan world there were many religious cults, but as it regards Christianity, all are members of one Body. Its unity is recognizable in that Jews and Gentiles are now seen to be reconciled in Christ. “One Body” depicts the Church as a single visible community. The “Unity of the Spirit” of which Paul has spoken, brings into realization the unity of the Son and thence to the Source of unity in the Father, as we will see in succeeding Verses. (4) “THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING ”
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