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"Christ's Body and Bride"

"Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife HAS MADE HERSELF READY. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, FOR THE FINE LINEN IS THE RIGHTEOUS ACTS OF THE SAINTS"
(Rev 19:7-8; NKJ)

New Jerusalem is the Bride and the ONE Church...
(Rev 21:2-3) "Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle {Home/Church} of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people {congregation}. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new."

AND

(Eph 5:25-27) "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" (KJV).

The ONE Church Is The Body Of Christ...
(Eph 1:22-23) And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be HEAD over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (NKJ)

(1 Cor 12:12-27) "For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into ONE BODY -- whether Jews or Greeks {black or white; male or female}, whether slaves or free-- and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?... If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing?... But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you";... No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, that there should be no split in His BODY, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the BODY of Christ, and members individually. (NKJ)

(Eph 4:4-6) "There is ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism; ONE God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (NKJ).

(Eph 4:15-16) "but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-- Christ-- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (NKJ)

(Col 2:18-19) "Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the BODY, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

His Church Is Created For His Glory (God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS In Us)
(Isa 43:7) Everyone who is called by My name, whom I HAVE CREATED FOR MY GLORY; I have formed him, yes, I have made him." (NKJ)

Those Created Are To Worship Him In The Spirit and TRUTH...
(John 4:23-25) But the hour is coming, AND NOW IS, when the true worshipers will worship the Father IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH." (RSV)

(Phil 3:3) "FOR WE ARE THE CIRCUMCISION, WHO WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRIT, REJOICE IN CHRIST JESUS, AND HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH" (NKJ)

God is in the process of preparing His Glorious church right now. How is this done? In Revelations 19:6-9 we read, "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb..."

Notice, "to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for "the fine linen IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF SAINTS"; and "his wife HAS MADE HERSELF READY". How has the church made herself ready? First we must recognize that the Church consists of many members, and they have made themselves ready. They have followed God's one commandment in the New Testament - that is TO LOVE.

The ONE Church Of Christ...
Christ’s Body Full-Filled
The members in Christ’s Body are connected and dependent on each other, by God’s Will and design. We can not be separated. 1 Corinthians 12:25 says, "so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have EQUAL CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER. IF ONE PART SUFFERS, EVERY PART SUFFERS WITH IT; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Are you beginning to comprehend how very important your love and actions towards another member in Christ's Body are? I hope to help you understand this by quoting my 1997 vision "I Have Seen The Promised Land". Through this vision, God awakened my memory, and I recalled HOW WE WILL BE.

"As Jesus and I threw our arms open, as one person would, I [my body] became one with every living blade of grass {all other members in His Body in Heaven/Spirit}, and every living thing that has ever been. I instantaneously realized "THERE IS NO SEPARATION IN LOVE". I immediately thought of the scripture "love your neighbor as yourself"; and I KNEW for the first time, what that REALLY means.

I AM MY NEIGHBOR.

I realize how confusing this must be for some of you. I know, because I can not hold onto this love, and I was the one who experienced it. I am trying to write this vision in words, so that others will look forward to what is coming. This is what happened in words; and one must experience it in the Spirit. God's Love is much greater than we can imagine; and through His sacrifice, He has expressed all His Love towards us. It is His nonjudgmental, unconditional love that draws us to Him, and continues to change us into His image and nature. As God has continued to work with me in this Love, I realize that we will all be able to feel and express this depth of love not only for God, but also for each other.

This is what I felt and knew:

Regarding the RESIDENTS of the Spiritual Kingdom: I was more impressed by the HOLINESS that was CAUSED by their complete acceptance of their brothers and sisters, than I was by the holiness that caused complete acceptance". Everyone present, possessed the "giving and forgiving love of God" towards all others. God’s "giving and forgiving love" is COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE.

None was guilty of sin; and none looked for signs of sin or imperfection in others. It was a "shared love" completely separate from even the smallest ‘fault seeking’. No one possessed faults; but I believe that, in part, this was because no one was capable of "finding fault", or making a "false judgement" against another. Perfection reigned in all, because the purest love that can exist was alive in each person. They were one Being in individual containers (bodies). All SHARED the SAME loving heart and mind of God. All felt the same emotional depth, mind and love that God does. He lived in all of them together as one.

I saw something in this vision that I have hesitated to put on paper, until I was certain that it was God's Will to do so. All the Beings present had the front of their chests removed. It was as if I could see inside their rib cavities. I could see that the chest cavities were full, but it looked strange. Though I was not given total vision regarding this area, He has given me new understanding of what I saw. God is insistent that I write the following down. His interpretation is as follows:

I, symbolically, saw the people as we will be. Our inner Being is EXPOSED totally to all others; and we have no need to be fearful of the other's comments or destructive actions. Those that I saw, were NAKED! (though they wore clothing). Their inner core was exposed to all present; and there was nothing about them that remained HIDDEN!

Because God is in all things, He considers all the members in His Body equal; and loves all things equally. He sees all of us as one form/item/piece/body. After we are joined in His Body, He does not love us as separate individuals. We are so interconnected with each other, and Him, that there is no separation between us.

When we share love with another in the Spirit realm, it is the same way we love Jesus Christ now, only with even greater love. All other beings are as much "IN LOVE" with you/us, as Jesus Christ is. There is only one Spirit - His. There is only one mind - His. There is only ONE LOVE. He is ALL LOVE.

I saw everyone; and I loved all of them as I love Jesus. On earth, (i.e.) Paul loves Mary etc. When we become one with Him, in His LOVE, there is no Paul and Mary. Though the individual body remains, the hearts are one; and there is no separation at all. You truly love the other as yourself, because you see the other as you see yourself - as part of God. The same LOVE FLOWS through all.

We will remain capable of making decisions and expressing emotions within the parameters of His Nature and Love. He is Love; and all expressions of the individual ‘Spirit Filled Being’ are within Him and His Love. We are filled with the HOLY Spirit, who is His Love in us. The FILLING of the Holy Spirit is measured, if you will, by the amount of His Love expressed in you. Thus, "FULL measure" REQUIRES the FULLNESS of His Love in you; and all those in this vision were FULL-FILLED.

God's power is His Holy Spirit, who is all Love. HIS SPIRITUAL POWER IS LOCKED IN HIS LOVE, where it is safe from those who are NOT filled with the Spirit who is Holy. God's people KNOW His power, by the "measure" of Love expressed in, and through His Body. The power in His Holiness and Love is given only to those walking in the Holy Spirit, who is Love. There is power in all who are of ONE ACCORD!"

Jesus looks at His Body, as you look at yours. If your leg is removed due to poor health (poor circulation, which is starvation), you can not walk. Your whole body suffers. You become limited in all that you endeavor to do. It is the same with Christ’s Body. No member stands on his or her own; we depend on each other spiritually, and should do so physically also.

Christ’s Body has been CREATED in the image of the invisible God, who is Spirit. Just as with any body, Christ’s Spiritual and Physical Body is incomplete without all the body Members; and the whole body’s health is jeopardized when any one member suffers. We are a Spiritual Church, which is manifested in the physical by His love in our hearts towards our Brothers and Sisters, and all others.

Christ's Little Toe

Sometime between the year 1989 and 1990, I heard a television Evangelist make the following comment, "even if you are the underside of the little toe on Christ's foot, you are important to Jesus Christ". For me, this comment seemed to imply that the little toe was less in the Kingdom of God than other members. I conversed with Jesus about this.

He asked me, "If I stubbed My little toe, what would happen to the rest of My Body?" I said "you would limp". Jesus then said, "yes, I would limp. My whole Body would be out of Balance. My little toe provides balance in My Body." His answer satisfied me, and I did not spend any more time thinking about my question.

At the end of 1990 we went on a tour of Israel for two weeks. About three days before we left Israel to return to the United States, our tour bus stopped for lunch at a charming little restaurant. I was seated next to a woman I had not had the opportunity to speak with before.

As we talked about many things, including God, she looked me directly in the eyes and said, "many people want to be, and believe they are the HEART or MOUTH of Jesus Christ, but He has told me I am His little toe". She was so anxious to share with me what Jesus had revealed to her; and was so proud of her position in His Body. She was honored to be His little toe!

I was both surprised and pleased that God had brought me half way around the world to meet His little toe. I was given a great gift. I was the one chosen, by God, to tell her how very important she was to Him and His Body. I repeated Jesus' thoughts to her, "you are the BALANCE in Jesus Christ's Body".

Each and every member in His Body is so precious to Him. In fact, His love for us is beyond our understanding and comprehension at this time!

In 1988 I received my first written letter from God. I was a baby Christian at the time, and did not understand much of what He wrote through me. Today, His message is as pertinent as it was then, if not more so.

Below, I have reprinted "JESUS CHRIST'S FIRST MESSAGE TO CHRIS (1988)". I ask that you meditate on this message. I also ask that you pray for His Blessed ones, as He instructs us to do in this letter. For example, when He says "Why are they faithless, without faith", please pray that He strengthen us with His Faith in us, and CAUSE us to STAND FIRM.

Jesus Christ says,

"PRAY FOR THE RESURRECTION OF MY BLESSED ONES, my very own, saith the Lord, for they are lost. When one does well, they all do well as a Body. My Body is perfect; and must come together in their perfection as one.

The hand that does well, does not receive the credit; the whole Body does. As part of my (Jesus') Body, you are ONE with God (all of God). God receives the credit when ANY MEMBER of His Body beckons to his word, and responds as told. My people's ears fall deaf to the Word. They love each other not as though I were in each of them. How can this (they) be my ONE Body when they are not of me, for lack of love. Move as one Body, saith the Lord, as your Body moves - as one. Can a hand fall alone? Can it exist alone, if not fed by the other MEMBERS of the Body.

Come together, literally, as one. When one does well, all receive credit - for you are one with me. Go in my name LITERALLY! As one representing me. No hand can exist without the arm, the arm of the Lord. Go now together in peace and LOVE. Uphold, uplift each other. Put aside your "self"; and we will merge as one - we are one, saith the Lord. MOVE for ME on the earth. Work with, and for me - not yourselves.

Where are those who love me first - you selfish ones. We must work together, and now is the time. Come together in ONE ACCORD in all matters - Spirit, Soul and Body. Indifferences must fall away - I must come first - love me and all else is agape! saith the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth (P.S. I love you). I love my people more than they can comprehend; more than is possible for them to see or feel. Why do they love me so little? Why are they faithless, without faith. I am the life for which they seek, saith the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us be one eternally. Feel me in you - I am you. You are literally my Body on earth. Go forth in my name, for you are truly renamed Jesus (in Body). I am the only Jesus Christ of Nazareth, but I have GIVEN you my name, my love, my power - use them. My works depend on your love for me, shown through each other. Go in my name. We are one with the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. You are the "Body" on this planet. Go in my name, and do those things the Word commands; but do them in Love. Without love "agape", all else will fail.

Without love in me, I can't reach you. Have faith and love (same word and meaning when said by Jesus) in Me. I AM
THE HEALER
THE PROVIDER
THE ETERNAL LOVE you all search for. You are failing to hear me, because you cry and don't Listen. I'm screaming to Comfort you; and my Love and Words (same meaning) fall on deaf ears. You are no longer of this World. Why do you fret and (tither? - fritter?) waste each day away. You are lonely and afraid because you choose to be.

With Love, agape, all things are possible; and I am love. Stand in faith as one Body of LOVE, and I WILL MOVE; and the World will know my presence and power.

These are my Days, saith the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. My days are LOVE for mine very own people. You are MINE babes in my arms. I'll hold you above the World in Love, Joy and peace always and forever. Have Faith in me and my name, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Christ Jesus in Heaven. Hallelujah, now Praise thy Lord God; and rejoice in my coming, and in my Days. For I am here with you, in you. We are One together always."

LOVE ABOUND!
AMEN"

Though I received this message from Christ in 1988, it wasn’t until recently that I truly understood what He was talking about. At the time I received this message, I had never read the various scriptures that are identical in meaning to Christ’s letter. Only now, have I come to realize how very important and serious His message is. He is forewarning us as He did Israel, and the seven churches in His Book of Revelations.

Is Christ Divided?
Does God discuss denominations in the Bible? I didn’t use to think so, until Jesus asked me to do the following exercise. Create a short written list of ten (10) Christian church denominations. You might want to use your local telephone book, or some other listing of your local churches. If you don’t have a list of any kind available, you can probably think of this list from memory (i.e. Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic etc.). Any Christian denominations will do just fine.

If you belong to a denominational church, please list your denomination first. Then add to the list at random. When you have a list of approximately ten different church denominations, please open your Bible to 1 Corinthians 1:10, and read along with me. Keep your list handy, you will need it!

(1 Cor 1:10-11) Now I PLEAD with you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, THAT YOU ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING, AND THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, BUT THAT YOU BE PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT {OPINION}.

Below, insert from your list two or three different denominations after each of the men’s names. It doesn’t matter if you repeat the denominations. You will be reading the following verses in a manner similar to this:

(1 Cor 1:12-14) Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul (Methodist, Lutheran)," or "I am of Apollos (Presbyterian, Catholic)," or "I am of Cephas (Baptist, Assembly Of God)," or "I am of Christ." IS CHRIST DIVIDED? Was Paul (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic) crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic)?... For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the MIND of Christ."

[Because Christ is not divided, and we have the one mind of Christ, we are going to both understand and accept today’s teaching from Jesus Christ Amen.]

Continue reading 1 Corinthians 3:1-8
"And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like MERE MEN?"

"For when one says, "I am of Paul (Presbyterian, Catholic)," and another, "I am of Apollos (Methodist, Lutheran)," are you not carnal? Who then is Paul (Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian), and who is Apollos (Presbyterian, Catholic), but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I (Methodist, Lutheran) planted, Apollos (Lutheran, Presbyterian) watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic) who plants is anything, nor he (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic) who waters, BUT GOD WHO GIVES THE INCREASE. NOW HE (Methodist, Lutheran, Baptist) WHO PLANTS AND HE (Presbyterian, Catholic) WHO WATERS ARE ONE, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Continuing Below With 1 Corinthians 3:9-END
For we are God's FELLOW WORKERS; YOU ARE GOD'S FIELD, YOU ARE GOD'S BUILDING {Temple}. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another (Presbyterian, Baptist, Catholic) builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire [FIRE BAPTISM (one of trial and testing)]; and the fire [FIRE BAPTISM] will test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU {ALL} ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU {ALL}? If anyone defiles the temple [Spiritual Church in which God dwells/lives} of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you {ALL} are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, 'He catches the wise in their own craftiness'; and again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

Therefore let no one boast in men {denominations}. For ALL things are yours: whether Paul (Baptist, Assembly Of God) or Apollos (Presbyterian, Catholic) or Cephas (Methodist, Lutheran), or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come-- ALL are yours. And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's."

Instead of denominations, God teaches:
(Eph 4:13-24) "till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, TO A PERFECT MAN, TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST; THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE CHILDREN, TOSSED TO AND FRO AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, BUT, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, MAY GROW UP IN ALL THINGS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD-- CHRIST— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, CAUSES GROWTH OF THE BODY FOR THE EDIFYING {BUILDING} OF ITSELF IN LOVE. This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles {unsaved} walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with GREEDINESS. But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the {ONE} truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the SPIRIT of your mind {allow His MIND in you}, and that you put on the new man which was CREATED according to God, in TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS and holiness. (NKJ)

Those Who Destroy The Church Destroy Christ's BODY and Bride...
Paul warns the Church in Acts 20:28-32, "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, DISTORTING AND MISINTERPRETING THINGS, TO DRAW AWAY THE DISCIPLES {STUDENTS} TO THEMSELVES. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. So now, brethren, I commend you to God and TO THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, WHICH IS ABLE TO BUILD YOU UP AND GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED" (NKJ).

We receive our inheritance, Christ Jesus, TOGETHER as members in His Body submitted to the Head, who is Jesus Christ. Notice, it is the WORD, Himself, that "is able to build you up and give you an inheritance". Christ is the Word: "He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God". (Rev 19:13; NKJ)

Jude also warns us in Jude 1:3-4, "Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning OUR COMMON salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once FOR ALL delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the GRACE of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ" (NKJ).

In 2 Peter 2:1-3, Peter foretells of the coming false prophets and teachers, "But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers (erroneous Christian doctrines) among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies (party or disunion: sects), even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. AND MANY WILL FOLLOW THEIR DESTRUCTIVE WAYS, BECAUSE OF WHOM THE WAY OF TRUTH WILL BE BLASPHEMED. By covetousness (AVARICE, i.e. FRAUDULENT, EXTORTION: GREEDINESS) they will exploit (MAKE MERCHANDISE OF) YOU with FABRICATED ‘WORD(s)’; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. (NKJ)

For the reasons stated above, we all want to pay particular attention to II Thessalonians 1:5-8 "...that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking VENGEANCE ON THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD, and on those who do not obey the {ONE} GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ" (NKJ).

Is Christ DIVIDED? No, In Christ There Is No DIVISION! Men and Women Cause DIVISION!
Again, the definition of 'evil' (as in the Tree of KNOWLEDGE of Good and Evil) in the Old Testament Hebrew is "bad or evil (natural or moral)". The root word from which this word is taken, is defined as, "TO SPOIL (LITERALLY, BY BREAKING TO PIECES) {THUS} TO MAKE (OR BE) GOOD FOR NOTHING...". God does not acknowledge these attempts made by men and women to divide Christ's Body.

Christ is the Word (Rev 19:12-13). Any perversion of the Word is therefore an attempted perversion of Christ Himself, His Body of members and His Bride. Jesus Christ, Himself, said "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand" (Matt 12:25; NKJ).

God is GOOD; God is ONE, TOGETHER!
Just as there is no division in your own body, there is no division in Christ’s Body. In fact, in the following verse, God has made it very evident that it is THROUGH THE BODY of Jesus Christ that we become free from the EXTERNAL Law of God, and become dependent on His RIGHTEOUS HOLY SPIRIT in us. Notice, that this has been done in order that we become the Bride of Christ, and bear spiritual FRUIT (children) with, and to Him. "Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the {external} law THROUGH THE BODY OF CHRIST, that you may be married to another-- to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God" (Romans 7:4).

Through God's Holy Spirit living in us, we are changed in heart and mind. We then are able to make all our decisions within the parameters of His character and nature. When we have FAITH in His RIGHTEOUSNESS in us, we are no longer required to fight evil using our own will power. We now, through His strength in us, desire to be His image, which causes His natural transformation of our views, opinions and judgements. He gives us the ability to make choices pleasing to Him, who is righteous. It is through His INTERNAL nature and character of GIVING LOVE that we are free from the EXTERNAL law. By His nature, through our Communion with Him and each other, we are changed into Him who is ONE; and fills all in all.

If we do not allow denominations to interpret what we are to believe, what will we have FAITH in? We will have FAITH in, and believe in, the ONE GOSPEL WHO IS JESUS CHRIST. In order to do this, we MUST READ HIM and HEAR HIM.

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