(Chapter 4)
Instead Of Divisions and Denominations, God Teaches…
(Why You Should Care)
Christ Is The Head On His Own Body For Our Sake
(Colossians 1:18)
He is also HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH/CONGREGATION; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in EVERYTHING. NASU
(Colossians 2:8-13)
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the TRADITION OF MEN, according to the elementary PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD…, RATHER THAN ACCORDING TO CHRIST. For IN HIM ALL THE FULLNESS OF DIETY [God] DWELLS IN BODILY [physiacl] FORM, and WITHIN HIM [Christ] YOU HAVE BEEN MADE COMPLETE, AND HE IS THE HEAD OVER ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY… When you were dead in your transgressions and the UNcircumcision of your flesh [male sexual organ], HE MADE YOU ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM [His one Body], having FORGIVEN US ALL OUR transgressions… NASU
In other words, we are all “members of one another,” or WITHIN EACH OTHER through God’s Holy Spirit. When you are ONE with Christ, you are one with God His Father and with every other member within Christ!
Christ’s One Body Edifies Itself In Christ’s Own Love
In Chapter 3, we read Ephesians 4:11-16,
And He [Jesus Christ] Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF [His] MINISTRY, FOR THE (*)EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, TILL WE ALL COME TO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH [Christianity] AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, TO A PERFECT MAN [Christ], TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST; THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE CHILDREN, TOSSED TO AND FRO AND CARRIED ABOUT BY EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE [other than His original Gospel], by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, BUT, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE MAY GROW UP IN ALL THINGS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD — CHRIST — FROM WHOM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND KNIT TOGETHER BY WHAT EVERY JOINT SUPPLIES, ACCORDING TO THE EFFECTIVE WORKING BY WHICH EVERY PART DOES ITS SHARE, CAUSES GROWTH OF THE BODY FOR THE (*)EDIFYING [BUILDING] OF ITSELF IN LOVE.
(*) EDIFYING: to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious KNOWLEDGE: uplift also enlighten; inform.
“Every part [member] in Christ’s One Congregation/Church is to do its share.” That means you, me, and all of our brothers and sisters throughout the earth! Get together with Jesus and ask Him what your true calling is; then listen for His answer. Before you were physically born He had your calling(s) already picked out for you.
Why is it important for “every part to do its share?” As every part, or member in Christ’s One Body does its share, it causes His Body to grow, be edified, and built up within the Love of God. God told me years ago: “As My whole Body grows and expands, each part or member in it also stretches and grows.” It is similar to when one gains weight in their own physical body. Normally, all the body parts expand, stretch, and grow together.
(Colossians 3: 12-16)
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; JUST AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU, SO ALSO SHOULD YOU [forgive them]. BEYOND ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS THE PERFECT BOND OF UNITY. LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH INDEED YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY; and be thankful. NASU
Above, we are told to “let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts.” As we know, Christ is the Prince of Peace; therefore, we are to let Christ rule in our hearts. We are only able to do this when His Holy Spirit lives within us.
It is the Love of Christ Himself, within us, that binds us together in one accord, or PERFECT HARMONY.
Christ’s One BODY Is Built On Our Love For Him and EACH OTHER
How do we become Christ’s one Body, Congregation/Church, and Wife on earth (Eph 5:25-32)? We receive Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God our Father into our hearts. As we carry Christ’s very nature within our heart we give birth to God’s NEW CREATION within EACH OF US and THUS ALL OF US; thus we form Christ’s One Body!
(Hebrews 13:1-3)
Let brotherly love continue… [literally] remember the prisoners [all held captive by satan] AS IF YOU ARE CHAINED WITH THEM — THOSE WHO ARE MISTREATED — SINCE YOU YOURSELVES ARE IN THE ONE BODY ALSO.
(Matthew 22:37-39)
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with ALL YOUR HEART, with ALL YOUR SOUL, and with ALL YOUR MIND. ‘THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
(Philippians 2:3-4)
Do nothing from RIVALRY or CONCEIT, but IN HUMILITY COUNT OTHERS MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN YOURSELVES. Let EACH OF YOU LOOK OUT NOT ONLY FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS.
No Male or Female; Racial or Religious Differences
(Galatians 3:26-28)
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON CHRIST. There is neither Jew nor Greek [nor any other race], there is neither slave nor free, there is NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE; for YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS [His One Body].
God is saying that within His one Body, all are equal, though we do not all have the same Spiritual jobs or assignments.
I Have Met HEAVENLY Beings ~ Who Are They Like?
A NEW COMMANDMENT I give to you, that YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I [Jesus] HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. By THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES [pupils], IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.” (John 13:34-35)
Many years ago, as I was in prayer, God took me half way between heaven and earth to meet Beings from heaven. I stood in a park like setting with what appeared to be picnic tables.
While I was wondering why I was there, I saw a group of about twenty individuals running toward me. They were all smiling, and some were laughing; they all wore white robes.
As they approached me I saw their arms open up wide; they immediately came up and hugged me. I could feel their immense love for me; it was just like the love of Christ. They were so happy to see me, and I was so happy and excited to be with them. It was as if we all had known and loved each other before and forever, but we had not seen each other for a long time. I did not recognize anyone that I had previously known, but I was in shock and wasn’t really concentrating on their faces.
Through this visitation God awakened my memory, and I recalled WHO WE WILL BE:
This is what I saw, felt, and knew:
NONE WAS GUILTY OF SIN; AND NONE LOOKED FOR SIGNS OF SIN OR IMPERFECTION IN OTHERS. IT WAS A “SHARED LOVE” completely separate from even the smallest “fault seeking.” No one possessed faults; but I believe that this, in part, was because no one was capable of “finding fault”, or making a “judgment” against another Being (Matt 7:1-2). Perfection reigned in all BECAUSE the purest love that can exist is alive in each member within Christ’s One heavenly Body/Congregation/Church: our future home!
All SHARED the SAME loving heart and mind; THEY LITERALLY shared Christ’s one heart and mind with Him and each other (see Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26; 1 Cor 2:16; Rom 2:29). All felt the same emotional depth, mind, and love that God does. He lives in all of them together as ONE (see Eph 1:22-23; 1 Cor 15:28).
I saw something in this vision that I have hesitated to put on paper until I was certain that it was God’s Will to do so. It sounds absurd, but after giving this some thought, I pray that you will understand what is being said.
I saw that all of these Beings had the front of their chests removed. It was as if I could see inside of their (*)rib cavities; all cavities looked the same. I could see that the chest cavities were full, but they looked strange; and I was not given total vision regarding this area. God has not allowed me to forget it, and is now insistent that I write this down for you. He has given me a new understanding as to what I saw.
God’s interpretation of what I saw is as follows: I, symbolically, saw the people as they/we will be. Their/our inner Being is EXPOSED totally to all others; and they/we will have no need to be fearful of the other’s comments or destructive actions. Those that I saw were NAKED! (though they wore clothing); their inner core was exposed to all present, and there was nothing about them that remained HIDDEN!
Because God our Father is in all things, He considers all the members in His Body equal; and loves all things equally. He sees all of us as one formation and body. After we are joined in His Body, He not only loves us as separate individuals, but also as part of His Son’s ONE Spiritual Body. We are so interconnected with each other, and with Him, that there is no separation between us.
As we share our love with another being who is within Christ’s Spiritual Body, it will be within the same Godly love, and in the same manner that we now love Jesus Christ: only in greater degree than we are now capable of loving without God’s intervention. All other beings are as much “IN LOVE” with you/us as Jesus Christ is. There is only one Spirit – His. There is only one heart – His. There is only one mind – His. There is only ONE LOVE – His. He is God and He is ALL LOVE (Eph 4:4-6; John 3: 16-17)).
Regarding the RESIDENTS of God’s Spiritual Kingdom, I was more impressed by the Holiness that was CAUSED BY their complete acceptance of their brothers and sisters, than I was by the holiness that caused complete acceptance. Everyone present possessed the “giving and forgiving love of God” toward all others. God’s “giving and forgiving love” is COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE, not only of God but of God’s Will and Love for others.
I saw everyone, and I loved all of them as I do Jesus. When we become one with Him in His LOVE, there is no “self”. Though our individual spiritual body remains, our old heart has become circumcised and one with Christ’s heart and Body; and there is no separation at all (Dt 30:6; Rom 2:29). You truly love the other as yourself, because you see the other as you see yourself – AS PART OF CHRIST. The same LOVE FLOWS through all.
God’s Love is much greater than we can imagine; and through His sacrifice He has expressed all of His Love toward us. It is His nonjudgmental, unconditional love that draws us to Him, and continues to change us into His image and nature. As God has continued to work with me within this Love, I have come to realize that we will all be able to feel and express this depth of love, not only for God but for each other.
God’s Spiritual POWER is locked within His Love where it is safe from those who might abuse Him. God’s power is His Holy Spirit, who is all Love.
Remember what God said at Babel? He said, “BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE ARE ONE, and they all have ONE language; now NOTHING THAT THEY PURPOSE TO DO WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM [withheld from them].
Christ’s Body has been CREATED in the image of the invisible God, who is Spirit. Just as with any body, Christ’s Spiritual and Physical Body is incomplete without all of His Body members. We are a Spiritual Congregation/Church which is manifested in the physical by His Spiritual love in our hearts toward ALL.
(Matthew 22:37-39)
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with ALL YOUR HEART, with ALL YOUR SOUL, and with ALL YOU MIND.‘ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS [much as] YOURSELF.’ NKJV
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The following Excerpt was copied from our website: https://christine-williams-ministry.org (only seen on our website).
July 24, 2017 “Unified In Christ’s Precious Body”
“Share with Mine [Jesus’ Children] these things, and assure them that they remain on earth FOR ME during this time; I NEED THEM AND WANT THEM HERE. THEY WILL BECOME UNIFIED AS MY ONE BODY SOON, AND THEY WILL SEE HEAVEN JOIN THEM HERE ON EARTH; MANY ON EARTH WILL TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH ALSO… (ie 2 Cor 12:1-4; Rev 19:9-10).
Come, hold My hand and My heart in yours, Amen. Embrace My Spirit within yourself and see My face. Stand in My presence and worship Me. It is here that we speak as One, and as HUSBAND and WIFE…”
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ALL IN ALL
(Ephesians 1:22-23)
And He put all things under His [Christ’s] feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the CHURCH [and one] CONGREGATION, WHICH IS HIS [Spiritual] BODY, THE FULLNESS OF HIM WHO FILLS ALL IN ALL [Beings].
(1 Corinthians 15:28)
Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself [Jesus] will also be subject to Him [God our Father] who put all things under Him, THAT GOD [our Father] MAY BE ALL IN ALL [Beings].
Ephesians 1:22 and 1 Corinthians 15:28, above, allow us to see the true nature of both God our Father and Jesus Christ. In Ephesians we see that our Father fully trusts Jesus and gives everything to Him. In 1 Corinthians 15:28 we see that Jesus Christ will willingly and lovingly become subject to the Father as He gives EVERYTHING [including Himself and us] back to His Father so that His Father becomes “all in all” also.
This all giving, all loving nature is the nature that we now possess; this is the heart felt nature, character, and love that WE ARE COMMANDED to manifest and exercise daily toward both God and each other.
Just as there is no division in your own body, there is to be no division within Christ’s own Body. God has made it very evident that it is THROUGH THE ONE BODY of Jesus Christ that we become free Beings, dependent on His RIGHTEOUS nature living within us. Truly, this is God’s Kingdom and Will done on earth as it is in Heaven (Matt 6:5-10).
(Revelation 22:6-11; the last Book and Chapter of the Bible)
“Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel [God’s messenger] to show His servants the things which MUST shortly take place. Behold, I [Jesus] am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel [God’s Messenger] who showed me these things.
Then he said to me, “See that you DO NOT DO THAT. For I AM YOUR FELLOW SERVANT, and OF YOUR BROTHERS the prophets, AND OF THOSE WHO KEEP THE WORDS OF THIS BOOK . WORSHIP GOD.” And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand [within the last days; a certain period of time on earth].
He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; HE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL;
HE WHO IS HOLY, LET HIM BE HOLY STILL.”
