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6261 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1157.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Protestant bodies. But, tied inseparably to observance of these commandments of God, was the parallel keeping of the enabling “faith of Jesus.” Paul “kept the …
6262 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1160.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , paganizing church, thus forming the basis for saint worship, purgatory, and indulgences, and laying the foundation for Spiritualism in modern times.
6263 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1181.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Catholic Church is the Great Predicted Apostacy from the faith and is Babylon and the Pope Antichrist-although I think it highly probable that a more complete …
6264 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1182.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… primitive church, but restated in the declarations of faith of practically all Protestant bodies in their formative periods. The second advent was declared …
6265 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1221.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the church). (6) Armageddon is fought—Antichrist and his hosts against the Gentile believers; Christ, “appearing” with the church, holds the “sheep-and-goat” judgment …
6266 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1226.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Protestant bodies on major points such as the law and the covenants, the church, the Scriptures, salvation, et cetera. The Plymouth Brethren remained a small …
6267 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1226.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Adventist bodies descended from the old Historicism, and many individual expositors of many faiths refuse to allow themselves to be bound by rules of Literalism …
6268 Communion With God, p. 55.4 (General Conference of SDA - Ministerial Association)
… the church is almost as high as of the people out in the world, and most of the time it is based on “it feels so good.” When feelings are relied on instead of Christian …
6269 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 20.2 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church to-day, the Jewish scribes exercised the greatest possible care, even to the point of superstition. Counting, not only the words, but every letter …
6270 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 80.1 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church of Christ, as the different members are necessary to the well-being of the body. While, therefore, the Bible recognizes the gifts of the Spirit, these …
6271 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 87 (Walter Edwin Read)
The Human Body a Symbol of the Church
6272 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 87.6 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the body of Christ, Christ Himself being the vine stock. ( John 15:1-5 .) There is also the figure of the human body, which beautifully illustrates the relationship …
6273 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 88.1 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the body, the church.” Colossians 1:18. God “gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body.” Ephesians 1:22, 23. This body of Christ, like the human …
6274 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 88.2 (Walter Edwin Read)
As there are hands in the human body, so are there hands in the church. The same is true of other members, such as the ear, the eye, the foot, etcetera. Each has its place in the church of God, and each gift is dependent the one on the other.
6275 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 88.5 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the body. If, then, in the church the hands of the body represent the workers. The feet, those who carry the gospel message both at home and in distant lands; the …
6276 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 92.4 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church” ( 1 Corinthians 12:28 ); that God bath “set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him” ( verse 18 ); and that the Spirit divides “to every …
6277 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 148.4 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church. They set forth also the relation the church sustains to Him, the living Head, and they illustrate also the relationship He sustains to the members …
6278 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153 (Walter Edwin Read)
5. The Church Is His Body (Illustrative of Sympathetic Union)
6279 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153.4 (Walter Edwin Read)
… one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Romans 12:4, 5. This body of Christ is His church, and of this Christ our Lord is the head.
6280 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153.5 (Walter Edwin Read)
“And he is the head of the body, the church.” Colossians 1:18 .