09-10-2019 10:05 AM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Quote:
You choose to hang everything, it seems, on Luke 24:39. I don't. Way too many other verses showing we are the body of Christ. Can we understand this? Can we understand that we are in Him in the heavenlies, yet still on earth? So some may label me a Christian Mystic for such reasonings, and if so - so be it! |
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09-08-2019 08:34 AM | |||
UntoHim |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Quote:
You think there's more? More of what? You contend that I think there's less. Less of what? Sometimes we just have to let a metaphor be a metaphor. There is no need to embellish or try to get something "deeper" out of the plain words that God has given us - most of us aren't qualified or equipped to embellish or get something deeper anyway. Quote:
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09-07-2019 05:09 AM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ So is everyone now OK with this verse, which is obviously in the Bible? (and hopefully none of you took your scissors and cut this verse out already . . . ) |
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09-06-2019 10:34 AM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Makes sense (but God doesn't always make sense to us). I think there's more; you think there's less. So be it. |
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09-06-2019 09:01 AM | |||
UntoHim |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Actually there is absolutely no mystery surrounding Luke 24:39 It is not metaphorical. What part of "For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" could we not understand? Just as the "one flesh" in the following verse (v31) is highly metaphorical, so to is the "of his flesh and of his bones" in the verse in question (v30) You see, there is a reason why a Christian marriage ceremony does not end with "I now pronounce you one flesh!" Well, why not...it's written right there in the Bible! Am I right? Aside from the fact that most people would consider the officiating person to be a little on the wacky side, he would also be taking something highly metaphorical, and making it seem literal. Witness Lee was not the only "teacher" to make the mistake of taking a biblical word or phrase from the metaphorical to the literal, but he sure got it down to an art form like nobody else I ever heard. This kind of gross error let Lee to teach such absurdities as "there is now the 4 in 1 God, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and now the church" (paraphrase) - |
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09-06-2019 07:33 AM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Quote:
"as He is, so also are we in this world" 1 John 4:17 |
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09-05-2019 10:59 PM | |||
byHismercy |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Eph 5 32 this is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church Maybe we cannot articulate this mystery, but it seems like the passage is speaking about Christs love for us, the members of his body....and of course how a man ought to love his spouse.... For no man ever hateth his own flesh. At any rate, had to repent for my lack of reverence for my spouse.... |
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09-05-2019 10:27 PM | |||
UntoHim |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Sons to Glory! Could you please try to address my post? Could you please address Luke 24:39? How can we be "the flesh and bones of Christ" when he is clearly in heaven at the right hand of the Father? Am I Right? |
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09-05-2019 10:13 PM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
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09-05-2019 09:56 PM | |||
byHismercy |
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09-05-2019 09:41 PM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Quote:
Some translations leave out "of His flesh and of His bones," but the Greek text I've looked at includes it. |
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09-05-2019 08:44 PM | |||
UntoHim |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Is it true? Well, let's just look for answers from Christ himself: See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have. (Luke 24:39) Case closed. We are not the flesh and bones of Christ. Why? Because the post-resurrected Christ still has his flesh and bones! So I guess he still needs them. And according to the apostle Paul is 1 Corinthians 15, we too will eventually be bodily resurrected. We will put on a resurrected body, and then our sorry, lowly flesh and bones will be "Transformed to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." (Philippians 3:21) Oh, it's a metaphor you say? Good! Now yur getting it. This song by Casting Crowns probably represents this notion better than any other contemporary Christian song I have run across: If We Are The Body But if we are the body Why aren't His arms reaching? Why aren't His hands healing? Why aren't His words teaching? And if we are the body Why aren't His feet going? Why is His love not showing them there is a way? There is a way, there is a way |
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09-05-2019 07:40 PM | |||
Nell |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ Quote:
How much explaining does it take to make it not creep you (me) out? Nell |
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09-05-2019 07:31 PM | |||
HERn |
Re: We are the flesh and bones of Christ I think we are the hands and feet of Christ bringing blessings to others. |
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09-05-2019 10:43 AM | |||
Sons to Glory! |
We are the flesh and bones of Christ Ran across this in Daily Light for today. I'm still chewing and considering . . . Is it really true? |