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Why can't it be both? Like us human beings, The Church is both spiritual and physical.
Because the physical and tangible are flawed, declining, and temporary, just as with our bodies. It was never set up to have emphasis there. God knows how attached we are to objects and materialism, so he specifically made us focus elsewhere. Too bad though that we let the physical and material continue to play a role - and a large role at that - against his wishes.
Because the physical and tangible are flawed, declining, and temporary, just as with our bodies. It was never set up to have emphasis there. God knows how attached we are to objects and materialism, so he specifically made us focus elsewhere. Too bad though that we let the physical and material continue to play a role - a large role - against his wishes.
The spiritual is flawed as well. That's neither here nor there.
If God didn't want the physical and material to play a role, then why did he make us material beings? Why did He Himself become a material being and assume human flesh?
You are publishing the denominations scrambled view of christianity. You mention the "body of Christ" and then use verses that have absolutely nothing to do with that body. Only one Apostle wrote to that body and it was Paul. Pentecost was all Jewish and has zero to do with the body of Christ. Essentially out of ignorance the early church groups decided that the Jews were demolished in AD70 and all the church groups down on the corner of walk and don't walk replaced them. Totally false, Israel will come back in the millenium and eternity to be the apple of Gods eye.
You are reading the JEWS MAIL like most Christians today who don't understand the dispensation. Jesus delegated Moses to deliver the law which was weak and now long obsolete. Jesus delegated Paul to bring in Grace to the previously hated Gentiles which totally confused the Jews and still does. But grace is the operative dispensation today like it or not. We should all be thrilled over grace, I know I am.
You are speaking of "the invisible church" which I also believe exists. There is also "the institutional church." My hunch is that the OP was referring to the institutional church in her OP, although I may have misinterpreted her question.
Katz: I know of only one Church. It is indeed invisible, reaching out from the heart of ABBA into every kindred tribe and nation, and churches of every persuasion.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying unto the church es. To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Yes. It's made up of believers across all denominations. It is not a particular denomination. No denomination is "The true Church" any more than any one synagogue was "The true synagogue" in 30 AD.
You are publishing the denominations scrambled view of christianity. You mention the "body of Christ" and then use verses that have absolutely nothing to do with that body. Only one Apostle wrote to that body and it was Paul. Pentecost was all Jewish and has zero to do with the body of Christ. Essentially out of ignorance the early church groups decided that the Jews were demolished in AD70 and all the church groups down on the corner of walk and don't walk replaced them. Totally false, Israel will come back in the millenium and eternity to be the apple of Gods eye.
You are reading the JEWS MAIL like most Christians today who don't understand the dispensation. Jesus delegated Moses to deliver the law which was weak and now long obsolete. Jesus delegated Paul to bring in Grace to the previously hated Gentiles which totally confused the Jews and still does. But grace is the operative dispensation today like it or not. We should all be thrilled over grace, I know I am.
You said only one Apostle wrote to the body. What about Peter? And John?
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