The Body Of Christ, Ambassadors Of Christ

Mark 12:29-31

Jesus Answered Him, “THE FIRST, Of All The Commandments IS: ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD, OUR GOD, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS ONE (THE ONE, AND ONLY, TRUE GOD)!’

‘AND YOU (Fellow Believers) SHALL LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WITH All Your Heart, WITH All Your Soul, WITH All Your Mind, AND WITH All Your Strength!’ THIS IS, THE FIRST COMMANDMENT! AND THE SECOND, Like IT, IS THIS: ‘YOU (Fellow Believers) Shall Love Your Neighbor (i.e. Everyone), As Yourself!’ THERE IS, NO Other Commandment, Greater, Than THESE!”

John 3:3, 5-7

Jesus Answered, And Said TO Him, “Most Assuredly, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS, ONE IS BORN AGAIN (WITH The Holy Spirit), He Can NOT SEE, THE KINGDOM OF GOD (GOD Almighty)!”

Jesus Answered, “Most Assuredly, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS, ONE IS BORN, Of Water (The Natural Body) AND THE SPIRIT (WITH The Holy Spirit), He Can NOT ENTER, THE KINGDOM OF GOD (GOD Almighty)! THAT, Which IS Born, Of The Flesh (The Natural Body), IS Flesh (The Natural Body); AND THAT, WHICH IS BORN, OF THE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), IS SPIRIT (The Spiritual Body)! Do NOT Marvel, That I (Jesus) SAID, TO YOU (Fellow Believers), ‘YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN (WITH The Holy Spirit)!’”

Luke 6:22-23


BLESSED ARE YOU (Fellow Believers), When Men (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Hate YOU, AND When They Exclude YOU, AND Revile YOU, AND Cast Out Your Name (FALSELY), As Evil, FOR THE SON OF MAN’S (Jesus Christ’s) SAKE!


Rejoice, IN That Day, AND Leap For Joy! For Indeed, Your Reward, IS Great, IN Heaven; For IN Like Manner, Their Fathers Did, TO The Prophets (The Prophets Of GOD Almighty)!


John 15:18-19


Jesus Answered, And Said TO Him, “IF The World (Satan’s World) Hates YOU (Fellow Believers), YOU KNOW, That IT Hated ME, BEFORE, IT HATED YOU! IF YOU (Fellow Believers), Were Of The World (Satan’s World), The World (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Would Love Its Own! Yet, Because YOU (Fellow Believers) Are NOT Of The World, BUT, I (Jesus) CHOSE YOU, OUT Of The World, Therefore, The World Hates YOU!”


Romans 8:29-30


For Whom (Believers), HE (GOD Almighty) FOREKNEW, HE Also, PREDESTINED, TO BE CONFORMED (IN The Spiritual Body), TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON (Jesus Christ), That HE (Jesus) Might Be, THE FIRSTBORN (IN The Spiritual Body), Among Many Brethren (Believers, Children Of GOD Almighty)!


Moreover, Whom HE (GOD Almighty), PREDESTINED, These (Believers), HE Also, CALLED (TO BE Children Of GOD Almighty); Whom HE, CALLED, These (Believers), HE Also, JUSTIFIED; AND Whom HE, JUSTIFIED, These (Believers), HE (GOD Almighty) Also, GLORIFIED (IN Our Spiritual Bodies, AT The Being Caught Up Together)!


1 Corinthians 12:13, 18, 20, 27


FOR BY ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), We (Fellow Believers) Were All BAPTIZED, INTO ONE BODY (The Body Of Christ), Whether Jews (Jewish Believers) OR Greeks (Non-Jewish Believers), Whether Slaves OR Free, AND HAVE ALL (Fellow Believers), BEEN MADE TO DRINK, INTO ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit)!


BUT NOW, GOD (GOD Almighty) HAS SET THE MEMBERS, Each One Of Them, IN THE BODY (The Body Of Christ), Just As, HE PLEASED! BUT NOW, Indeed, THERE ARE Many Members, YET, ONE BODY (The Body Of Christ)! NOW, YOU (Fellow Believers) ARE, THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND MEMBERS, Individually!


2 Corinthians 5:17-21


Therefore, IF ANYONE (Fellow Believers) IS, IN CHRIST, HE IS, A NEW CREATION; Old Things Have Passed Away; Behold, All Things Have Become, NEW!


NOW, ALL THINGS, ARE OF GOD (GOD Almighty), WHO HAS RECONCILED Us (Fellow Believers), TO HIMSELF, THROUGH Jesus Christ, AND Has GIVEN Us, The Ministry Of Reconciliation, THAT IS, THAT GOD (GOD Almighty) WAS, IN CHRIST, RECONCILING The World, TO HIMSELF, NOT Imputing Their Trespasses (Their Sins), TO Them, AND HAS COMMITTED, TO Us (Fellow Believers), THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION (The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)!


NOW THEN, We (Fellow Believers) Are Ambassadors For Christ, As Though, GOD (GOD Almighty) Were PLEADING, THROUGH Us: We Implore YOU (Yet-To-Be-Believers), ON Christ’s Behalf, BE RECONCILED, TO GOD (GOD Almighty)!


FOR HE (GOD Almighty) MADE HIM (Jesus Christ), WHO Knew NO Sin, TO BE Sin, FOR Us (i.e. Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection, AND Subsequent, Ascension), That We (Fellow Believers) Might BECOME, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD (Children Of GOD Almighty), IN HIM (Jesus Christ)!


Ephesians 1:7

IN HIM (Jesus Christ), We (Fellow Believers) Have Redemption (Salvation), THROUGH HIS BLOOD, The Forgiveness Of Sins, According TO The Riches Of HIS GRACE (GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE)!

Ephesians 4:4-6


THERE IS: ONE BODY (The Body Of Christ) AND ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), Just As, YOU (Fellow Believers) Were CALLED (TO BE Children Of GOD Almighty), IN ONE HOPE Of Your Calling; ONE LORD (Jesus Christ), ONE FAITH (IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), ONE BAPTISM (WITH The Holy Spirit); ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL (GOD Almighty), WHO IS, ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU, ALL (Fellow Believers)!


Mark 2:27-28


And HE (Jesus) Said TO Them, “The Sabbath Was Made, For Man, And NOT Man, For The Sabbath! Therefore, THE SON OF MAN (Jesus Christ), IS Also, LORD OF THE SABBATH!”


Colossians 2:13-14, 16-17, 22b-23


And YOU (Fellow Believers), Being Dead, IN Your Trespasses, And The Uncircumcision Of Your Flesh, HE (Jesus) HAS MADE ALIVE, TOGETHER WITH HIM, Having Forgiven YOU (Fellow Believers), All Trespasses (All Sins), Having WIPED OUT The Handwriting Of Requirements (The Old Covenant), That Was Against Us, Which Was Contrary, TO Us (Fellow Believers). AND HE (Jesus) HAS TAKEN IT (The Old Covenant), OUT Of The Way, Having NAILED IT, TO THE CROSS (i.e. Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection, AND Subsequent, Ascension, The New Covenant)!


So, Let NO One, Judge YOU (Fellow Believers), IN Food, OR IN Drink, OR Regarding A Festival (OR Holidays), OR A New Moon, OR Sabbaths; Which Are A Shadow, Of THINGS TO COME, BUT, The Substance, IS Of Christ!


Therefore, IF YOU (Fellow Believers) DIED WITH CHRIST, From The Basic Principles Of The World (Satan’s World), WHY, AS THOUGH, Living, IN The World, Do YOU Subject Yourselves, TO Regulations, According TO The Commandments AND Doctrines Of Men (THROUGH Satan)?


THESE THINGS, Indeed, Have An Appearance (THROUGH Satan), Of Wisdom, IN Self-Imposed Religion, FALSE Humility, AND Neglect Of The Body, BUT ARE Of NO Value, Against The Indulgence Of The Flesh (THROUGH Satan)!

2 Timothy 4:2

PREACH THE WORD (The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)! BE READY (Spiritually Alert), IN Season AND OUT Of Season (i.e. AT All Times)! Convince, Rebuke, Exhort (Encourage), WITH All Longsuffering (Patience), AND Teaching (The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)!

1 Peter 4:12-14, 16-17


Beloved (Fellow Believers), Do NOT Think It Strange, Concerning The Fiery Trial (Persecution), Which IS, TO TRY YOU, As Though, Some Strange Thing Happened, TO YOU; BUT Rejoice, TO The Extent, That YOU Partake Of Christ’s Sufferings (Being Persecuted), That WHEN HIS GLORY IS REVEALED (AT The Being Caught Up Together), YOU May Also, Be Glad, WITH Exceeding Joy!


IF YOU (Fellow Believers) Are Reproached (Persecuted), FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, BLESSED ARE YOU, FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD (The Holy Spirit), RESTS UPON YOU!


On Their Part (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers), HE (Jesus) IS Blasphemed, BUT, ON Your Part (Fellow Believers), HE IS GLORIFIED! Yet, IF ANYONE SUFFERS, AS A CHRISTIAN, Let Him NOT Be Ashamed, BUT, Let Him, GLORIFY GOD (GOD Almighty), IN This Matter!


For The Time, HAS COME, For Judgment TO Begin, AT THE HOUSE OF GOD (GOD Almighty); AND IF IT BEGINS, WITH Us (Fellow Believers), FIRST; What Will BE The End, Of Those (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers), Who Do NOT Obey, THE GOSPEL OF GOD (The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)?


Therefore, Let Those (Fellow Believers), Who Suffer (Persecution), ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD (GOD Almighty), COMMIT Their Souls, TO HIM, IN Doing Good (GOD Almighty’s Good Works Performed, THROUGH Us), AS TO, A FAITHFUL CREATOR!


Hebrews 8:12


THUS, SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty), “FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL, TO Their Unrighteousness, AND Their Sins; AND Their (Believers’) Lawless Deeds, I (GOD Almighty) WILL REMEMBER, NO MORE!”


Hebrews 10:23-25

Let Us (Fellow Believers), Hold Fast, The Confession Of OUR HOPE (Our Faith, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), WITHOUT Wavering, FOR HE (Jesus), WHO PROMISED, IS FAITHFUL! And Let Us (Fellow Believers), Consider One Another, IN Order TO Stir Up, Love AND Good Works (GOD Almighty’s Good Works Performed, THROUGH Us), NOT Forsaking, The Assembling Of Ourselves, Together, AS IS, The Manner Of Some; BUT, EXHORTING (Encouraging) ONE ANOTHER, And So Much, The More, AS YOU SEE, THE DAY (The Being Caught Up Together) Approaching!

Fellow Believers, We KNOW, That Jesus Christ ABIDES WITHIN Us, THROUGH The Holy Spirit; Therefore, Jesus Christ WALKS WITH Us, The Holy Spirit TEACHES Us, AND Most Importantly, GOD Almighty WATCHES OVER Us, Always!

So, Let Us Concentrate, On Going About GOD Almighty’s Business, Which IS, Sharing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, WITH Yet-To-Be-Believers AND Fellow Believers; Looking Unto Jesus, The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith! Amen.

©Stan Arney (Simply, Follow Me™ Christian Ministries)

Matthew 13:16 "But BLESSED Are Your Eyes (Believers' Eyes), For They SEE, AND Your Ears (Believers' Ears), For They HEAR!" --- The Gospel OF Jesus Christ!


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