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~MAY 2009 ~

THE PRIORITIES OF

“FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE AND HAS “ FOR I AM JEALOUS FOR YOU
MANY MEMBERS, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS WITH GODLY JEALOUSY.
OF THAT ONE BODY, BEING MANY, ARE
ONE BODY, SO ALSO IS CHRIST. FOR BY FOR I HAVE BETROTHED YOU TO ONE
HUSBAND, THAT I MAY PRESENT YOU AS A
ONE SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED
INTO ONE BODY -- WHETHER JEWS OR CHASTE VIRGIN TO CHRIST. BUT I FEAR,
GREEKS, WHETHER SLAVES OR FREE -- LEST SOMEHOW, AS THE SERPENT DECEIVED
AND HAVE ALL BEEN MADE TO DRINK
EVE BY HIS CRAFTINESS, SO YOUR MINDS
INTO ONE SPIRIT. FOR IN FACT THE MAY BE CORRUPTED FROM THE SIMPLICITY
BODY IS NOT ONE MEMBER BUT MANY.. THAT IS IN CHRIST. FOR IF HE WHO COMES
.BUT NOW GOD HAS SET THE MEMBERS,
EACH ONE OF THEM, IN THE BODY JUST PREACHES ANOTHER JESUS WHOM WE
AS HE PLEASED. AND IF THEY WERE ALL HAVE NOT PREACHED, OR IF YOU RECEIVE
ONE MEMBER, WHERE WOULD THE BODY A DIFFERENT SPIRIT WHICH YOU HAVE NOT
BE? BUT NOW INDEED THERE ARE MANY RECEIVED, OR A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WHICH
MEMBERS, YET ONE BODY. AND THE EYE
YOU HAVE NOT ACCEPTED -- YOU MAY
CANNOT SAY TO THE HAND, WELL PUT UP WITH IT!” 2 Cor. 11:2-4
"I HAVE NO NEED OF YOU"; NOR AGAIN “...CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH

THE HEAD TO THE FEET, "I HAVE NO AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER,
NEED OF YOU.“...BUT GOD COMPOSED THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE

THE BODY, HAVING GIVEN GREATER HER WITH THE WASHING OF WATER
HONOR TO THAT PART WHICH LACKS IT, BY THE WORD,
THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISM IN
THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF
THE BODY, BUT THAT THE MEMBERS A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT
SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CARE FOR ONE
OR WRINKLE OR ANY SUCH THING,
ANOTHER. AND IF ONE MEMBER BUT THAT SHE SHOULD BE HOLY AND
SUFFERS, ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER WITHOUT BLEMISH...FOR WE ARE MEMBERS
OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH AND OF HIS
WITH IT; OR IF ONE MEMBER IS BONES... THIS IS A GREAT MYSTERY,
HONORED, ALL THE MEMBERS REJOICE
WITH IT. NOW YOU ARE THE BODY OF BUT I SPEAK CONCERNING CHRIST
CHRIST, AND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.” AND THE CHURCH.”

1 Cor.12:12-37 excerpts Eph 5:25-32

The Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ. These are the last two of the twelve priorities of God we have been
examining. We shall consider them together because one (the Bride) is formed out of the other (the Body). We
become members of the Body of Christ by means of the new birth, “For by one Spirit we were baptized into one
body...” (1 Cor. 12:13). As members of that body, we become betrothed to Christ as Paul explains above.
However, Paul also expresses a fear of corruption of the espoused Bride by the craftiness of Satan through the
presentation of “another Jesus...a different spirit...a different gospel.” This newsletter is dedicated to alerting the
members of the Body of Christ to the present satanic deception by which members of the Body of Christ may
forfeit their right to be part of the Bride of Christ for all eternity! The Bride is a reward, not a guarantee!