Fellow Believers, The Body Of Christ

John 1:12-13

BUT, As Many (Fellow Believers), As Received HIM (Jesus Christ), TO Them, HE (GOD Almighty) GAVE THE RIGHT, To Become Children Of GOD (GOD Almighty), TO Those (Fellow Believers), WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME (Jesus Christ): WHO WERE BORN, NOT Of Blood, NOR Of The Will Of The Flesh, NOR Of The Will Of Man, BUT (Who Were Born) Of GOD (THROUGH The Holy Spirit)!

John 3:5-8

Jesus Answered, “Most Assuredly, I (Jesus) SAY TO YOU (Fellow Believers), Unless One IS Born Of Water (The Natural Body) And THE SPIRIT (THROUGH 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 (THROUGH The Holy Spirit), IS SPIRIT (The Spiritual Body)! Do NOT Marvel, That I (Jesus) SAID TO YOU, ‘YOU (Fellow Believers) MUST BE BORN AGAIN (THROUGH The Holy Spirit)!’ The Wind Blows Where IT Wishes, And YOU Hear The Sound Of IT, BUT Can NOT Tell, Where IT Comes From, And Where IT Goes! SO, IS EVERYONE (Fellow Believers), WHO IS BORN Of THE SPIRIT (THROUGH The Holy Spirit)!”

John 15:18-21, 23

Jesus Said To Him, “IF The World (Satan’s World) Hates YOU (Fellow Believers), YOU KNOW, That IT Hated ME (Jesus Christ), 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! Remember THE WORD, That I (Jesus) SAID TO YOU (Fellow Believers), ‘A Servant Is NOT Greater Than His Master!’ IF They Persecuted ME (Jesus Christ), They (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Will Also, Persecute YOU! IF They (Fellow Believers) Kept MY WORD (The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), They Will Keep Yours, Also! BUT, All These Things, They (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Will Do To YOU (Fellow Believers), FOR MY NAME’S SAKE (Jesus Christ), Because They (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Do NOT Know HIM (GOD Almighty), WHO SENT ME (Jesus Christ)! He (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers), Who Hates ME (Jesus Christ), Hates MY FATHER (GOD Almighty), Also!”

Romans 8:29-30

For Whom (Fellow 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 (Fellow Believers, Children Of GOD Almighty)! Moreover, Whom, HE (GOD Almighty) PREDESTINED, These (Fellow Believers), HE Also, CALLED (To Be Children Of GOD Almighty); Whom, HE CALLED, These (Fellow Believers), HE Also, JUSTIFIED; And Whom, HE JUSTIFIED, These (Fellow Believers), HE (GOD Almighty) Also, GLORIFIED (IN Our Spiritual Bodies, At The Being Caught Up Together)!

Romans 12:4-8

For As We (Fellow Believers) Have Many Members In One Body, BUT, All The Members Do NOT Have The Same Function, So We (Fellow Believers), BEING Many, Are ONE BODY IN CHRIST (The Body Of Christ), And Individually, Members Of One Another! Having Then, (Spiritual) Gifts, Differing, According To THE GRACE, That Is Given To Us, LET Us (Fellow Believers) USE THEM: IF PROPHECY, LET Us PROPHESY, In Proportion To OUR FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ); OR MINISTRY, LET Us USE IT, In OUR Ministering; He, Who TEACHES, In Teaching; He, Who EXHORTS (Encourages), In Exhortation; He, Who GIVES, With Liberality; He, Who LEADS, With Diligence; He, Who Shows MERCY, With Cheerfulness!

1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 18, 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 (The Body Of Christ)! For By ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), We (Fellow Believers) Were All Baptized (With The Holy Spirit), 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)!

FOR IN FACT, THE BODY (The Body Of Christ) Is NOT One Member, BUT Many! BUT NOW, GOD (GOD Almighty) Has SET The Members (Fellow Believers), Each One Of Them, IN THE BODY (The Body Of Christ), Just As, HE (GOD Almighty) PLEASED! NOW, YOU (Fellow Believers) ARE THE BODY Of CHRIST, And Members, Individually!

Ephesians 2:8-10

FOR BY GRACE (GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE), YOU (Fellow Believers) Have Been SAVED (From The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION), THROUGH FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), And That NOT Of Yourselves; IT IS THE GIFT Of GOD (GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION), NOT Of (Mankind’s) Works, Lest Anyone Should Boast! For We (Fellow Believers) Are HIS (GOD Almighty’s) WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS, For Good Works (GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us), Which GOD (GOD Almighty) PREPARED, BEFOREHAND, That We (Fellow Believers) Should Walk In Them!

Ephesians 4:3-7, 11-16

Endeavoring To Keep, THE UNITY Of THE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), IN The Bond Of Peace. 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 EVERLASTING LIFE) Of Your Calling; ONE LORD (Jesus Christ), ONE FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), ONE BAPTISM (With The Holy Spirit); ONE GOD AND FATHER (GOD Almighty) Of All (Fellow Believers), WHO IS, ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL (Fellow Believers)!

BUT, To Each One Of Us (Fellow Believers), GRACE Was Given, According To The Measure Of Christ’s Gift (i.e. Our Spiritual Gifts)! And HE (Jesus Christ) Himself, Gave Some (Fellow Believers) TO BE Apostles, Some Prophets, Some Evangelists, And Some Pastors, And Teachers, For The Equipping Of The Saints (Fellow Believers), For The Work Of Ministry, For The Edifying Of THE BODY Of CHRIST, Till We All (Fellow Believers), Come To THE UNITY Of THE FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), And Of The Knowledge Of THE SON Of GOD (Jesus Christ), TO A PERFECT MAN, To The Measure Of The Stature Of The Fullness Of Christ; That We (Fellow Believers) Should NO Longer Be Children, Tossed To And Fro, And Carried About, With Every Wind Of (FALSE) Doctrine (THROUGH Satan), By The Trickery Of Men (THROUGH Satan), In The Cunning Craftiness Of Deceitful Plotting (THROUGH Satan); BUT, Speaking THE TRUTH (The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), In Love, May Grow Up, In All Things, Into HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD — CHRIST — FROM WHOM, THE WHOLE BODY (The Body Of Christ), Joined And Knit Together, By What Every Joint (Fellow Believers) Supplies, According To The Effective Working, By Which, Every Part (Fellow Believers) Does Its Share, Causes Growth Of THE BODY (The Body Of Christ), For The Edifying Of ITSELF, In Love!

Colossians 1:15-17

HE (Jesus Christ) IS THE IMAGE Of THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN Over All Creation! FOR BY HIM (Jesus Christ), All Things Were CREATED, That Are IN Heaven AND That Are ON Earth, Visible And INVISIBLE, Whether Thrones, OR Dominions, OR Principalities, OR Powers. All Things Were CREATED, THROUGH HIM (Jesus Christ), And FOR HIM! And HE (Jesus Christ) IS, BEFORE All Things, And IN HIM (Jesus Christ), All Things Consist (All Things Exist)!

2 Timothy 2:16-17

ALL SCRIPTURE (The Holy Bible – The Old Testament: 39 Books, The New Testament: 27 Books, For A Total Of 66 Books) IS GIVEN, BY INSPIRATION Of GOD (GOD Almighty Breathed And GOD Almighty Inspired), AND IS PROFITABLE: FOR Doctrine, FOR Reproof, FOR Correction, FOR Instruction In Righteousness; THAT, The Man Of GOD (Fellow Believers) May Be COMPLETE, Thoroughly EQUIPPED, For Every Good Work (GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us)!

Fellow Believers, As The Body Of Christ, We Have ONE GOAL: TO Encourage Everyone We Encounter, To Acknowledge GOD Almighty's Amazing Saving GRACE And To Accept GOD Almighty's FREE GIFT Of SALVATION, Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ!

Luke 12:35, 37a, 38, 40

THEN, HE (Jesus) Said To HIS Disciples, “Let Your Waist Be Girded, And YOUR Lamps Burning! BLESSED ARE Those Servants (Fellow Believers), Whom, THE MASTER (Jesus Christ), WHEN HE COMES (At The Being Caught Up Together), Will Find Watching! And IF HE (Jesus) Should Come, In The Second Watch, OR Come In The Third Watch, And Find THEM (Fellow Believers) SO (i.e. Watching); BLESSED, Are Those Servants (Fellow Believers)! Therefore, YOU (Fellow Believers) Also, BE READY (Spiritually Alert), For THE SON Of MAN (Jesus Christ) IS COMING (At The Being Caught Up Together), At An Hour, YOU Do NOT Expect!”

Fellow Believers, 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.

May OUR LORD Jesus Christ, Find YOU, Going About THE FATHER’S Business, Which IS, Sharing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, As A Good And Faithful Servant! 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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