Subject: What about so-called revelation knowledg |
Bible Note: Graceful Let me just address the last part of this. You said, "He raised Jesus from the dead and set Him far above all authority-not in this world, but also in the heavenly world. Then verse 22 says that God has put ALL things under His feet and made Him head over the church which is His body. Where are the feet? As believers, we are part of His body and we are seated with Him in the highly exalted place of authority." No where in the Bible does it say we are the body of Christ except in an allegory of the church. What Jesus was saying when we accept Him as Lord and Savior we unite with other believers making up the church with Jesus as the head. There is no basis either implied or assumed to say we are Jesus’ physical body and since all authority has been given Him we also being his body have that authority. You took a true statement, “we are the body of Christ with Jesus being the head” which was made in reference to the church.” And the statement, all authority has been given to Jesus”, which it was. Ignored the allegory and meaning and came up with, “since we are the body of Christ and He has all authority we too have that authority” That is simply a false statement. Your further took two more truths, “Jesus sits at the right hand of God” and once again “we are his body” and falsely surmised we to sit at God’s right hand. Once again we are not Jesus’ physical body, it was an allegory demonstrating the preciousness of the church not something making us by authority, power, or position one with Christ. Only Jesus has the right to sit at God’s right hand. We can not even go into God’s presence unless it is by the blood of Jesus. To say what you did elevate man to the level as Jesus, and nothing could be further from the truth. EdB |