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4181 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 226.6 (William Warren Prescott)
1. Each member of the church is a member of the one body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27, 14; 6:15; 10:17 .
4182 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 226.7 (William Warren Prescott)
2. The members of the church are not only members of the body of Christ, but are also members one of another. Romans 12:4, 5; Ephesians 4:25 .
4183 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 226.8 (William Warren Prescott)
3. The members of Christ’s body, the church, have the same intimate relation one with another as do the members of the physical b6dy. 1 Corinthians 12:14-21 .
4184 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 227.1 (William Warren Prescott)
5. So close is the union between the members of Christ’s body, the church that what happens to one member is felt by all the others. 1 Corinthians 12:26 .
4185 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 227.4 (William Warren Prescott)
… whole body of Christ are of such a kind that whatever light, or power, or righteousness comes to an individual comes to the whole church. If ‘one member is honored …
4186 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 230.3 (William Warren Prescott)
… the church to be ‘subject to Christ in everything.’ We proclaim ourselves, like the apostle, ‘slaves of Christ Jesus.’ But this subjection is too often a form rather …
4187 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 233.4 (William Warren Prescott)
… Christian church, the body of Christ. Acts 2:41; 5:14. It gives the seal to all previous spiritual experiences, and is the promise of growth with the body of Christ …
4188 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 240.6 (William Warren Prescott)
… the body of Christ. Yes, and some martyrs, some missionaries, some church rulers and Christian statesmen, some poets, some deep thinkers and theologians, some …
4189 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 252.5 (William Warren Prescott)
3. As Christ in his individual body was the light of the, world, so he is to fulfill the same mission in his mystical body, the church. John 8:12; Matthew 5:14; Philippians 2:14-16 .
4190 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 252.6 (William Warren Prescott)
4. It is the purpose of God that through the body of Christ upon the earth, the church, the wisdom of God revealed in the plan of salvation should be made known e even to heavenly beings. Ephesians 3:10, 11 .
4191 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 276.6 (William Warren Prescott)
… both churches rest not on a doctrine, but on a person. The church of God rests on a Person, even Christ. No one is saved by simply believing a system of truth. The …
4192 The Biblical Institute, p. 192.2 (Uriah Smith)
… the body. Granting that by absence from the body he means our condition in death, he does not tell us how long it is after we are thus absent from the body that …
4193 The Biblical Institute, p. 283.1 (Uriah Smith)
… the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles …
4194 The Biblical Institute, p. 286.3 (Uriah Smith)
… the church; by her seed, the members of the church throughout this dispensation. Therefore the remnant of her seed can refer to only one body of people, the last …
4195 The Biblical Institute, p. 322.2 (Uriah Smith)
… Christian church. Now there are two days named in the New Testament, standing side by side, each claimed by different bodies of Christians as the Sabbath of …
4196 Both Sides on the Sabbath and Law, p. 179.2 (Uriah Smith)
… our bodies washed with pure water.’ ‘For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest …
4197 Daniel and The Revelation, p. 348.1 (Uriah Smith)
… these churches as prophetic. Answer: The expiration of the period covered by any church is not the removal of the candlestick of that church. The removal of …
4198 Daniel and The Revelation, p. 363.4 (Uriah Smith)
… the church and the world is obliterated, and these different popular bodies are churches of Christ only in name!
4199 Daniel and The Revelation, p. 517.1 (Uriah Smith)
… the church which Christ had established. Then we have again brought to view the church going into that condition here denominated being “in the, wilderness …
4200 Daniel and The Revelation, p. 546.3 (Uriah Smith)
… the church and the corrector of heretics. The papacy was a church clothed with civil power, — an ecclesiastical body having authority to punish all dissenters …