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6301 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 …
6302 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 87 (Walter Edwin Read)
The Human Body a Symbol of the Church
6303 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 …
6304 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 …
6305 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.
6306 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 …
6307 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 …
6308 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 …
6309 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153 (Walter Edwin Read)
5. The Church Is His Body (Illustrative of Sympathetic Union)
6310 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.
6311 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 .
6312 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153.6 (Walter Edwin Read)
“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23 .
6313 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153.7 (Walter Edwin Read)
The tender, affectionate relationship that should exist among all the members of the church is beautifully illustrated by the relation that each part of the human body sustains to the whole.
6314 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 154.1 (Walter Edwin Read)
“By a comparison of the church with the human body, the apostle aptly illustrated the close and harmonious relationship that should exist among all members of the church of Christ.”— The Acts of the Apostles, 317 .
6315 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 156.5 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church. God’s counsel on this is plain, for He says:
6316 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 156.11 (Walter Edwin Read)
… unless its members are organically united and functioning together under central control, so there can be no living, growing, prospering church unless …
6317 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 166.6 (Walter Edwin Read)
… churches were represented. The council moved in accordance with the dictates of enlightened judgment, and with the dignity of a church established …
6318 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 171.1 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the church from what it has today. Then it meant supervisor; in fact, the word rendered “bishop” elsewhere is rendered “overseer” in Acts 20:28. Furthermore, we have …
6319 Footprints of the Pioneers, p. 11.3 (Arthur Whitefield Spalding)
… present church body. Rather, one of those followers of Himes and Bliss who after a while organized as the Evangelical Adventists, only to disappear early …
6320 Footprints of the Pioneers, p. 26.2 (Arthur Whitefield Spalding)
… Religious Bodies, 1936, vol. 2, art. “Adventist,” sec. Advent Christian Church.