According to Eph 3:14-21, there is not a single believer that can comprehend the love of God without the body of Christ and all the saints. Without gathering yourself together and being an active participant of God's body, you can not understand 1Cor 12 & 13 and you will never understand Jesus Christ as the head of His body, the church (Col 1:18,2;19). Without the body of Christ the Holy Spirit will not be able to shed abroad the love of God in the believer's heart (Rom 5:5).You can say that you love God with your mouth but in your heart that love is not burning after God. There is not a single believer that God would ever approve of that does there own thing. God will not condemn them but He can;t do what He wants to do in their life. There are those that say they do not need the fellowship of other believers because they have Christ and they will do what they want. I say that those who would say that, do not have their heads on straight and their heart is not in the right place either. Some people get saved and can't even tell you what grace is, have no idea about the promises of God and the will of God is a distant thing. They have things in their past that they can't get voctory over. Sometimes they will sin at the drop of a bucket, because they are not built up in the word of God. They have the Holy Spirit in their life but no power to overcome besetting sins. If you asked the average believer about the finished work of Christ they would say, What?
Tell me what do you believe the scripture teach about the body of Christ and your place in that body? It is in your Bible all over the NT. Paul writes andpreaches about it to every local church and every believer. Paul was the one that God gave this revelation to concerning the body of Christ. You knw why that so many churches are dead or have died out, its because they did not honor the scipture and live as a member of od's body. The body of Christ is a living organism, whose members have been purged from dead works to serve a living God. Jesus said that He had come to give us life and to have it more abundantly. He was not talking about possessions, He was talking about being in Him and having His life flowing from our bellies as the living waters (John 7:38). Do we really believe that or is our faith just take it or leave it? Come onand tell me what you believe and what you want from God in your heart!
