God Is One/United (Deuteronomy 6:4)
One God And Father Of All (Ephesians 4:6)
One Lord (Ephesians 4:5)
One/Union
Before The Foundation Of The World (Prov. 8:22-31; Gen. 1:26,27; Ephesians
1:4)
Holds All Things Together (Unites) (Colossians 1:15-17)
Inhabits Eternity
He Is the Vine (John 15)
He Is The Head Of The Body (Ephesians 1:23;5:23,31,32)
In Heavenly Places (Ephesians 1)
Have You Noticed That The Body Of Christ (Church), Is A Microcosm Of Christ Himself?
He Is Before The Foundation Of The World, In The Heavenlies, Only Now Revealed, Having
The Treasures Of Wisdom And Knowledge (Ephesians 1:3; Col. 2:3) And When We Are In Him, So Are We.
This Is Not Predestination This Is Identification. (Romans 6)
"...the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Revelation 13:8)
All On The Same Level At The Foot Of The Cross.
God The Father (Eph. 4:6; 1 Peter 1:2)
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God The Word (Jn. 1:1-3,12,14,18; Hebrews 1; Col. 1; Isaiah 48:12-16; Prov.
8:22-31; Ps. 45; 110; Isaiah 9:6; Jn. 8:58)
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God The Holy Spirit (Acts 13:1,2; Acts 5:3-9)
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God The Word Becomes Flesh (John 1:1-3, 12,14,18)
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He (God The Word Made Flesh), Came Unto His Own And His Own Received Him Not. (Jn. 1:
11)
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Organism/Body In Heavenly Places In Christ (Ephesians 1:3)
Seeking Things Above: (Colossians 3:2,3)
Qualities Of A Body:
Diverse, Many Individual Members, Jew And Gentile, United In Christ Who Is In the
Heavenlies. (1 Cor. 12; Ephesians 1:3; 2)
Interdependence (1 Cor. 12)
On Same Level Because All Are
Guilty. (Romans 1-3; Romans 11:32)
Playing Field Must Be Leveled Before The Two Can Become One. (Ephesians 2)
All One, Because All Believe. (Acts 15:7-11)
New Man, Not Jew Man (Galatians 3:28)
Indescribable, Except In Our Spirits. (1 Cor. 2:9-11)
Qualities Not True Of The Kingdom At The Bottom.
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Jew/Israel
Peter and His Confession, Upon Which Christ's Church Is Built Preaches To Jews
Only With A Message Of Repentance And Baptism In The Name Of Jesus For The Remission Of Sins. (Acts 2)
Church/Ekklesia But Not Body Of Christ. (Matt. 16:15ff; Acts 2)
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"For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one
and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh
the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out
of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them
to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility." (Ephesians 2)
Body Of Individual Jews and Gentiles In One Body, Made Possible Through The Body Of Christ
On The Cross And Made Real Only When Believing Jews And Gentiles Became One In Christ.
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Gentiles Saved By Grace Jews Astonished. (Acts 10:44-48)
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Body Of Christ Made Up Of Believing Jews And Gentiles And Many Members. (Ephesians
2:14-17; Ephesians 4:4)
One Faith (Eph. 4)
"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists,
and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that
the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of
God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we
will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the
cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will
in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined
and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." (Eph.
4:13ff)
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Branches, Not Vine (John 15) We Are Da Branches-Keith Green
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He Is Da Vine-Divine(John 15:1-Green)
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Gentiles Were Da Dogs (Matt. 15:27) "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat
the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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Natural Branches, Not Tree (Romans 11)
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Wild Branches, Not Tree (Romans 11)
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Twelve Still Comitted To Going To Jews. (Galatians 2:8,9)
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Paul Preaches To All. (Acts 20:26-32; Romans 16:25; Acts 13:46ff)
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Paul Still Comitted To Gentiles (Ga. 2:8,9)
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Earthly, Not Heavenly
New Jerusalem Descending (Rev. 21:1-3)
Described In Revelation 21
Yeshua The King
Kingdom Of Israel:
Hierarchical, Jew Primary: Zechariah 8:21-23; Acts 10:28
Seeking Things On Earth (Ezekiel 36)
Alike Similar
Not A Body
Bj Maxwell
05/05/2008
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