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6681 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 …
6682 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 …
6683 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 …
6684 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 87 (Walter Edwin Read)
The Human Body a Symbol of the Church
6685 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 …
6686 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 …
6687 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.
6688 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 88.4 (Walter Edwin Read)
… the Church 4:128 .
6689 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 …
6690 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 …
6691 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 …
6692 The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Church, p. 153 (Walter Edwin Read)
5. The Church Is His Body (Illustrative of Sympathetic Union)
6693 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.
6694 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 .
6695 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 .
6696 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.
6697 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 .
6698 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:
6699 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 …
6700 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 …