Is the Church Christ?

[Michael37]

2 minutes ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

Wow!!!..I’ve just read prepared to be married...Michael where can I find all of this that George posts..I had no idea this was on the forum?...many thanks..I think I’ll be kicking got to the kerb,😂🙏💗

The banner at the top of the page gets you there.

What I often do is use search with a word then use "More Options" when that comes up, and put in a member's name to see what they have posted on that subject, including my own name.

[Marathoner]

A long time ago, when the Spirit of the Lord called me out of this world, He sent me on a journey to a certain destination. At this destination, the Spirit promised, I would find Jesus Christ, the One whom I belonged to. I would also find a man whom He approved of. This man would teach me what I needed to know.

When I arrived at that destination the Lord opened a vision, and in this vision I witnessed His Body, that temple of living stones raised without human hands... a House raised by God Himself. Every brother and sister in that old farmhouse was a living stone joined together perfectly by the power of God. I saw them but I also saw something that defies the meagerness of these words. When the Lord said to me, This is where you belong, I was overwhelmed and ran away to weep.

I had never witnessed anything so holy and pure in my life.

I was overwhelmed again when that man whom the Lord purposed to teach me according to the scriptures, explained what I had witnessed according to those same scriptures. That's what my old friend taught me: that we --- the Body of Christ --- are Christ, for He is our Head and is among us all. 

[Dead Orthodoxy]

6 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

A long time ago, when the Spirit of the Lord called me out of this world, He sent me on a journey to a certain destination. At this destination, the Spirit promised, I would find Jesus Christ, the One whom I belonged to. I would also find a man whom He approved of. This man would teach me what I needed to know.

When I arrived at that destination the Lord opened a vision, and in this vision I witnessed His Body, that temple of living stones raised without human hands... a House raised by God Himself. Every brother and sister in that old farmhouse was a living stone joined together perfectly by the power of God. I saw them but I also saw something that defies the meagerness of these words. When the Lord said to me, This is where you belong, I was overwhelmed and ran away to weep.

I had never witnessed anything so holy and pure in my life.

I was overwhelmed again when that man whom the Lord purposed to teach me according to the scriptures, explained what I had witnessed according to those same scriptures. That's what my old friend taught me: that we --- the Body of Christ --- are Christ, for He is our Head and is among us all. 

This is extra biblical teaching.  I don't believe it.

[Michael37]

15 minutes ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

Wow!!!..I’ve just read prepared to be married...Michael where can I find all of this that George posts..I had no idea this was on the forum?...many thanks..I think I’ll be kicking got to the kerb,😂🙏💗

Here's a very recent very readable devotional by George.

The Bride is Willing! - Worthy Christian Devotions - Daily Devotional (worthydevotions.com)

[Michael37]

3 minutes ago, Dead Orthodoxy said:

This is extra biblical teaching.  I don't believe it.

Living Orthodoxy says this:

(Act 2:16)  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
(Act 2:17)  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
(Act 2:18)  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
(Act 2:19)  And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
(Act 2:20)  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
(Act 2:21)  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

[Dead Orthodoxy]

5 minutes ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

This is a powerful testimony that he has shared, he speaks from the heart, I believe it!...Praise God for our Brother  Marathoner....he has shared some amazing testimonies!!

 

If I had a nickle for every time someone had a vision of Jesus I would be rich as Elon Musk...and I am only talking about instances that occurred in the past 48 hours.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.

All these phony testimonies do is take someone away from the Word of God.  They put themselves in the center, then the center is the Word of God.

I don't believe him.

[Your closest friendnt]

7 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

A long time ago, when the Spirit of the Lord called me out of this world, He sent me on a journey to a certain destination. At this destination, the Spirit promised, I would find Jesus Christ, the One whom I belonged to. I would also find a man whom He approved of. This man would teach me what I needed to know.

When I arrived at that destination the Lord opened a vision, and in this vision I witnessed His Body, that temple of living stones raised without human hands... a House raised by God Himself. Every brother and sister in that old farmhouse was a living stone joined together perfectly by the power of God. I saw them but I also saw something that defies the meagerness of these words. When the Lord said to me, This is where you belong, I was overwhelmed and ran away to weep.

I had never witnessed anything so holy and pure in my life.

I was overwhelmed again when that man whom the Lord purposed to teach me according to the scriptures, explained what I had witnessed according to those same scriptures. That's what my old friend taught me: that we --- the Body of Christ --- are Christ, for He is our Head and is among us all. 

I do not think so for what you described in your vision and the scriptures can lead to the conclusion "that the body of Christ is Christ....not within the context , within that spiritual context ...

The living stones are his special children not just anyone...

By saying this about them, that he brought you to them and show you something unique about them that he considered them as a living stones....and part of his body ...his body of living stones...a actually were living stones...

He was also telling you that not all groups of believers or all believers are LIVING STONES....some they are not...they could be but they are not " the Catholics they are not"...individuals some are and some they are not...

And he wanted you...or they will teach you to be your self a living stone...full of the Holy Spirit...the living stones are alive in the Holy Spirit...they are growing with the Holy Spirit. Alive in communion with the Holy Spirit that they have the word of God alive in them...they can be guided from within and from without...

[Your closest friendnt]

18 minutes ago, Dead Orthodoxy said:

This is extra biblical teaching.  I don't believe it.

You must have a reason...

But he is not a Pastor who demands blind royalty from "his sheep "....

He shared his experience and is not contrary to scripture and if he said something from himself...let it be...

What is extra biblical in his post and what it's not. 

And from your comments we can sort out what you mean with extra biblical.

We can find out if you were quick to Judge....and if you have misjudged....after your comments you have the duty to show why you had to say what you said....you have Judge him,...and you have to subject yourself to be accoundable....if you cannot be held accountable why then speak...even Judge...

 

[Marathoner]

6 minutes ago, Your closest friendnt said:

I do not think so for what you described in your vision and the scriptures can lead to the conclusion "that the body of Christ is Christ....not within the context , within that spiritual context ...

The living stones are his special children not just anyone...

By saying this about them, that he brought you to them and show you something unique about them that he considered them as a living stones....and part of his body ...his body of living stones...a actually were living stones...

He was also telling you that not all groups of believers or all believers are LIVING STONES....some they are not...they could be but they are not " the Catholics they are not"...individuals some are and some they are not...

And he wanted you...or they will teach you to be your self a living stone...full of the Holy Spirit...the living stones are alive in the Holy Spirit...they are growing with the Holy Spirit. Alive in communion with the Holy Spirit that they have the word of God alive in them...they can be guided from within and from without...

Read Matthew 18, my friend. Matthew 18:20 explicitly tells us where two or three gather in the name of Jesus Christ, there He is. Those are the words of the Lord Himself.

Why do you think we are called the Body of Christ? As the apostle Paul explains to us in different portions of his letters Christ is the Head, and each of us are parts, or members, of the Body. 

We also remember that in the final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord promises that He will always be with us, even to the end of the age. 

[Your closest friendnt]

18 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Read Matthew 18, my friend. Matthew 18:20 explicitly tells us where two or three gather in the name of Jesus Christ, there He is. Those are the words of the Lord Himself.

Why do you think we are called the Body of Christ? As the apostle Paul explains to us in different portions of his letters Christ is the Head, and each of us are parts, or members, of the Body. 

We also remember that in the final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord promises that He will always be with us, even to the end of the age. 

What you have just posted is not disputable from me and never was and I am familiar with all the relevant scriptures 

But when we are alone he is still with us...this is also what Jesus said when he told them about the Holy Spirit...the Advocate...

But in your previous post you said something to the contrary after you spoke in agreement with the Scriptures...

Why you said the body of Christ is Christ...which is contrary to all the scriptures you have posted and contrary to your vision....which shows that the believers are the living stones who make up his body....that the believers are the living stones of the building of God..,

In your vision it was different. That group were the living stones of the body of Jesus Christ.....note they were living stones...full of the Holy Spirit...alive in the Holy Spirit...

It gives the message that not all groups or believers are....

But the Lord send you to this group because they were alive stones and they were towards him and not someone else....someone else like another leader of believers in him...

As in the book of revelation...they were alive to him and he wanted you to be alive or a living stone towards him and not towards some denomination to represent him and not a denomination....

Like Paul who shed after many years....I am a vessel towards Jesus Christ...I am the apostle of Jesus Christ....not representing or siding with any denomination he received his doctrine from Jesus Christ....and he set the path infront of him not some leaders from some church...He served Jesus Christ only...

As Jesus Christ prayed not my will but your will be done in my Life. 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Your closest friendnt