Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional For Sunday 29th August 2021
There’re some who see the Church as a Gentile
nation that got some “second-class” salvation
from God. Those who hold such erroneous beliefs
about the Church don’t understand the mystery of
the Church.
The reason some people don’t understand the
Gospel of Jesus Christ about the Church is that the
Old Testament, which is what they hold on to, doesn’t
explain the revelation of the Church. It was a mystery
it wasn’t revealed to the Old Testament prophets. So,
the experts in Judaism don’t know anything about the
Church, even though the prophets testified of salvation
of Gentiles. To learn about the Church, you’d have
to study from the gospels (from the words of Jesus
Himself) and then into the epistles where the revelation
of the Church as the Body of Christ was unveiled.
Ephesians 2:16-17 says, “And that he might
reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby: And came and
preached peace to you which were afar off, and to
them that were nigh.” In other words, God preached
peace and reconciliation to both the Jews and the
Gentiles and brought them together in one body called
the Church! It’s a new body made up of people from
among the two groups: Jews and Gentiles. However,
to be in this body, you must be born again, whether
you’re a Jew or you’re a Gentile.
Neither of the two groups is inferior to the other.
Our opening verse says, “For we are members of his
body, of his flesh, and of his bones.” It doesn’t get
closer than that! The Church is His body. And when
He said, “...I will build my church…” (Matthew 16:18),
He was talking about the body of Christ, and that’s you
and me, all our brothers and sisters around the world
we’re the expressions of His reality, of His fullness, His
grace, glory, kingdom, power and personality. We’re
His body! Glory to God!
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