The Body of Christ


From: TFTW Bible College

Not everyone who is put into the kingdom will make it to Heaven if they don’t continue to live faithfully. “The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 13:41-42) In other words, you have to be in the kingdom, the Body of Christ, the church, in order to have the promise of salvation. (Ephesians 5:23) But, even if you are put in the Body of Christ, you can lose your salvation if you don’t live faithfully.

All spiritual blessings are in the Body of Christ. Therefore, all spiritual blessings are in the church. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:” (Ephesians 1:3) When we believe and are baptized, we are baptized into Christ. We are added to the church. We are put into the Body of Christ. Why would God take the trouble to put us into His church? Because that’s where all the spiritual blessings are. 

Some people mistakenly think the church is not important, or that “one church is as good as another.” But, God said, all spiritual blessings are in Christ. Do you want salvation? Do you want to be a son or daughter of the Father? Do you want an eternal inheritance in Heaven? Do you want the ability to pray to your Father? If you want all these spiritual blessings, then you had better be “in Christ,” in “the Body of Christ,” in “the Household of God,” in “the Temple of God,” in the “Church of Christ!” The church may not be important to some people but it was important enough for Jesus to shed His blood for it! “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” (Acts 20:28)


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