How does a person get into the ' body of Christ ' ?

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throughfaith

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In order for a person to get into the body of Christ they need to believe the Gospel. No one in the Old testament was put into the body of christ when they believed what they had to believe.
 
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In order for a person to get into the body of Christ they need to believe the Gospel. No one in the Old testament was put into the body of christ when they believed what they had to believe.
For as the [human] body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one Body [the Body of Christ] , whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the Body [of Christ] is not one member, but many. (1 Cor 12:12-14)
 
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In order for a person to get into the body of Christ they need to believe the Gospel. No one in the Old testament was put into the body of christ when they believed what they had to believe.
Are you pretending I didn't just post this?


Ephesians 1:4​
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love​

Jesus had a connection to us before we were born. We were in Him. That gives Jesus a way to access all sins.
 
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Is opening the door and seeing the light the same thing? Is the cross dual purposed as the sins of the world and a door to life/truth?

When we accept the Truth of the Spirit, are we opening the door to the Cross? Could it be a timeless door to all that open it? An entry point to salvation?
 

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What do you think the Garden of Eden was about? We had a spiritual death ..we became separated from God the Father.
You do not believe Adam and Eve were even physical before they sinned :oops:

While saying at the same time it is impossible to sin in the Spiritual :rolleyes:
 

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We are already in the body of Christ ..the deal breaker is on opening the door to the Truth/Life. Baptism goes with it of course.
The natural man is not "in Christ." They are children of wrath; their father is the devil.
 

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Holy Spirit baptized ;):D
That's right when you are baptized, it is the Holy Spirit binding you to Christ.
Though a preacher stand there in the water with you and put you down into the water and raise you back up, and he says the word of God. It is the Holy Spirit that does the working of salvation and joining you to Jesus.
 

throughfaith

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That's right when you are baptized, it is the Holy Spirit binding you to Christ.
Though a preacher stand there in the water with you and put you down into the water and raise you back up, and he says the word of God. It is the Holy Spirit that does the working of salvation and joining you to Jesus.
There's no water in Eph 1.13 . Romans 10 9-15. 1 cor 15 .1-4 .
No water here 1 cor 12 .

13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

The term baptised doesn't always mean water .
 

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That's right when you are baptized, it is the Holy Spirit binding you to Christ.
Though a preacher stand there in the water with you and put you down into the water and raise you back up, and he says the word of God. It is the Holy Spirit that does the working of salvation and joining you to Jesus.
Nothing like this is said in any of Paul's letters . Thats 13 whole letters .
 
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The natural man is not "in Christ." They are children of wrath; their father is the devil.
There is difference between being in Christ so He can atone for our sins and being baptized into Him.
 

throughfaith

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There is difference between being in Christ so He can atone for our sins and being baptized into Him.
We were not in him before we get in him . That is not Christianity to be in Christ apart from the death and resurrection. Sounds like we have another victim of calvinistic teachings .
 
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1 Corinthians 3:3
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Galatians 5:19-21
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

I think the "babes in Christ" had a spiritual problem much deeper than merely disagreements on doctrine. They were worldy at least at the time of those writings. Most likely they were Christians who were new to the faith and still had not been transformed completely by the Holy Spirit. Yet they are "in Christ." Because they are saved through faith.

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There is a lot to say about the different uses of fleshly in context. It is of the flesh to debate. It is also flesh to commit fornication. It is flesh to adhere to legalistic ordinances thinking that they earn your rightstanding with God.

There is a carnal mind that is thinking that wisdom is related to eloquence when the wisdom from God is the Power of God and the foolishness of preaching the cross. To the wise in this world (carnal) it is foolishness.

As stated in the scripture you posted those who practice fornication are not going to inherit the kingdom of heaven therefore it is impossible to call them carnal christians. They are deceived and will wake up in hell with eternal regret having discovered that they were not part of the "Christians" in truth but only falsely claiming to be of that number. There is a carnal Chiristian and they are needing to repent of their immaturity but it is not related to drunkeness and fornication but thinking that Apollos preaches better than Paul.

And also if a teacher were to argue about things that are not important but are not false doctrine they are building with wood, hay and stubble and it will not endure the fire, they will not receive a reward for all those hours wasted trying to convince someone of bad hermeneutics on an interpretation. They will still be saved but suffer loss of rewards. Not fornicators and drunkards but these who argue about a wisdom that is of the flesh and not of the Spirit. We have many of them here in CC. They bristle and rage and their hackles rise when someone refutes their pet interpretation and they go on and on, thread after thread and it is all wood hay and stubble.

Paul did not call the fornicators carnal Christians. He said they will not inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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We were not in him before we get in him . That is not Christianity to be in Christ apart from the death and resurrection. Sounds like we have another victim of calvinistic teachings .
There are two camps on this.
  1. God died for every sin ever
  2. God died for the sins of those in the Book of Life
I have been going back and forth on this question over the past week. I questioned why God would bother suffering for hitler’s sins. But at the same time, we are talking about God here, He could handle it.

Romans 5​
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.​

Ephesians 1:4​
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love​
Jesus had a connection to us before we were born. We were in Him. That gives Jesus a way to access all sins.

I feel like removing the sins of the unbelievers kind of takes away from the title of "the savior of the world".

“And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”​
1 John‬ 2:2‬ KJV‬‬​
Why wouldn't they specify when saying this:?:
"the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people."

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”​
Acts‬ 17:30-31
I think Jesus gets to judge the world because everyone was involved in what He did.

I also think the Cross is dual purposed. Sins of the world and a door to Life/Truth. We need both fixed to be saved.

Extra bonus: For as the [human] body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one Body [the Body of Christ] , whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the Body [of Christ] is not one member, but many. (1 Cor 12:12-14)
 

throughfaith

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There are two camps on this.
  1. God died for every sin ever
  2. God died for the sins of those in the Book of Life
I have been going back and forth on this question over the past week. I questioned why God would bother suffering for hitler’s sins. But at the same time, we are talking about God here, He could handle it.

Romans 5​
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.​

Ephesians 1:4​
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love​
Jesus had a connection to us before we were born. We were in Him. That gives Jesus a way to access all sins.

I feel like removing the sins of the unbelievers kind of takes away from the title of "the savior of the world".

“And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”​
1 John‬ 2:2‬ KJV‬‬​
Why wouldn't they specify when saying this:?:
"the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people."

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”​
Acts‬ 17:30-31​
I think Jesus gets to judge the world because everyone was involved in what He did.

I also think the Cross is dual purposed. Sins of the world and a door to Life/Truth. We need both fixed to be saved.

Extra bonus: For as the [human] body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one Body [the Body of Christ] , whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the Body [of Christ] is not one member, but many. (1 Cor 12:12-14)
A person is placed into the book of life after they believe.