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4881 The Present Truth, vol. 11 April 11, 1895, page 225 paragraph 5
… the church, are trying to get along without a head? As well might the body try to get along without a physical head. If we reject Christ, we disconnect ourselves …
4882 The Present Truth, vol. 11 April 18, 1895, page 242 paragraph 13
The church of Christ is not a body which makes laws to which man must give heed if they would be saved. It is composed of all who yield themselves to Jesus Christ …
4883 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 2, 1895, page 284 paragraph 5
… a church became entangled in a string so that he could not extricate himself. His call for help was sounded down the street, and soon a multitude of his fellow …
4884 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 338 paragraph 10
This can be settled in a few words. We are told that God gave Christ to be “Head over all things to the church, which is His body.” Ephesians 1:22, 22. Also that, “He is the Head of the body, the church.” Colossians 1:18 .
4885 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 1
… the church of Christ is composed of all who are baptized into the body of Christ, that is, of all believers. It is not composed of the bishops alone, nor of the bishops …
4886 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 4
… the church. Of course the entire body of believers was never together at one time, and never will be until the Lord comes to gather them; but He has said, “Where …
4887 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 6
… the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall …
4888 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 7
… the church of Christ, has been sanctioned in heaven; for not only have different bodies been in direct opposition, but the same body of men has often passed …
4889 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 9
… a Church of Christ-members of His body. This is evident from the fact that the church is the body of Christ, and people become members of it by baptism (See 1 Corinthians …
4890 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 11
… the church takes upon itself to speak and act contrary to the directions of the Head of the church, it shows that it has separated from Him, and is becoming joined …
4891 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 12
… a church speaks and acts contrary to the words and example of the Lord, it is not controlled and directed by “the Head of the body the church,” and that since it …
4892 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 340 paragraph 11
… the church, and the only guide of the body; since even He spoke only the words given Him by the Father, who made Him the Head of the church; since the word that He …
4893 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 341 paragraph 3
… Christian bodies, they have usually some text which, rightly or wrongly, is quoted to justify them; but I have never heard of any text which authorises the old …
4894 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 353 paragraph 9
… His body’s sake, which is the church.” Colossians 1:24. There was a measure of the sufferings of Christ left in Paul’s day, and a part of that measure was filled …
4895 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 353 paragraph 10
… the body. The seat of consciousness is the head, and Christ is as keenly conscious of all that afflicts His church as the head is of pain or sickness in the members …
4896 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 355 paragraph 1
The Church is the body of Christ, and He is “Head over all things to the church.” Ephesians 1:22, 23; 5:23. To His church He says, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and …
4897 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 355 paragraph 2
… such body who maintain their union with Christ and manifest spiritual life; but just in proportion as the members of a church enter into alliances with the …
4898 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 356 paragraph 1
… Church feels its need of relics to stimulate the superstitious veneration which is so profitable to the church in Europe. So the American churches have …
4899 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 356 paragraph 2
… Catholic church in that city which has a dead saint within its walls, and its members feel highly elated. Other churches will not be outdone, and so we may expect …
4900 The Present Truth, vol. 11 July 4, 1895, page 421 paragraph 7
The church existed long before the time of Peter; for the church is the body of Christ, and Christ has been the spiritual Head of His followers ever since the …