The baptism of the Holy Spirit makes it known that we have become one body

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 It is something that happened in the mission field and it is also an experience that we go through in our daily life.

Humanly, it is very favorable, but it is a case where a gap is created by the word.

They take good care of each other's needs, but they always stand on the other side of the Word.

It is the clear boundary line between which is born of the flesh is flesh and which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6).

The purpose of the baptism of one Spirit is to become one body.

"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Greeks, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made  to drink  into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13).

If you have not become one body, you must hear the word about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Baptism is detailed in Romans 6.

We must know what it means to hear the word of Christ and receive Him as Lord.

We must clearly grasp what it means to have faith where we are transported to the cross of Christ and eat and drink His flesh and blood.

And then, if you have become one body with Christ, you must keep it  up  according to the knowledge of the truth.

We must drink one Spirit in Christ.

All the trunks, branches, and leaves of a tree drink the sap supplied by one root, so all the branches become one.

So, “ For the body is not one member, but many.” (1 Corinthians 12:14).

One body and many members are the meeting or community of the heavenly church and the example church.

These are the churches built on the rock, Christ.

Therefore, it says, "You are the body of Christ, and members in particular." (1 Corinthians 12:27).

Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation are samples and examples of heavenly church.

After Revelation 4, God shows the heavenly church in heaven.

In particular, the book opens in chapter 5, and in chapter 7 of Revelation, the throne,  the elders, and the  four living creatures appear.

The sealed 144,000 and the great multitude clothed with white robes are the composition of the heavenly church in heaven.

If you do not participate in this, you will be subject to judgment even if you are in the example Church.

You will become the wicked among the righteous according to the Bible.

Paul exhorts the members of the Corinthian church not to cling to the local church, which is the example, but to become members of this heavenly church.

In particular, 2 Corinthians explains the appearance of the heavenly church well.

The mission of the workers who receive the Lord's mission and harvest is to divide the grain from the chaff.

I also have a harsh, cold-hearted standard for seeing people, and I have clear likes and dislikes.

This is because the criteria is whether or not you have the member consciousness of being one with Christ in the Holy Spirit.

However, the Bible asks what would happen if the hands and feet asserted themselves (1 Corinthians 12:15).

Wouldn't it be a paralytic if the hands and feet moved separately without being controlled by the head?

Therefore, it is said that the evidence of a person who has received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and is born again is to have a member consciousness.

If the ears and eyes insist on each other, it can't help but be very difficult. (1 Corinthians 12:16)

Even though this is impossible, it happens in imperfect example churches where humans gather.

In fact, in Christ, there is no you and I, and there is no distinction between honor and lowliness.

We shouldn't be conscious of each other about this. So God is patient until the church matures.

God sees each of us as an individual in the whole.

It is the earthly church belonging to the heavenly church. However, heresy ignores this and claims only their own.

The tabernacle is the shadow and example of the true temple in heaven. Not true tabernacle.

If there is a dispute among the members, it is correct to assume that they are not members each another.

Are you identified as a member of the body? Or are you parasitic in the community?

Among the members, there are visible and invisible, precious and weak.

However, they all have God's value.

The claws on the toes are said to be essential for maintaining strength in the feet.

A foot without a toe is unbalanced and unable to use force.

Each member of the body is equally precious to the Creator.

A member of the true meaning is sharing the sweets and bitters of life , and is one in one mind.

The expression‎ of the relationship and state is “There should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another”. (1 Corinthians 12:25)

We become one with each other, there is no quarrel, we look back and worry about each other.

Even if you don't express it, the pain of the other members comes together.

And the problem will be solved in no time.

It is because it becomes a prayer of intercession for one another. They are one spirit and one nervous system in Christ.

However, there are many cases where this is not the case even in a friendly human relationship.

The line between spirit is spirit and flesh is flesh is clearly drawn.

“You are the body of Christ, and members in particular” (1 Corinthians 12:27).

Baptism to die and live with Christ in union with Christ (Rom. 6:3-4) is important.

Christ and his members have a common destiny.

The death of Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection and life are eternal.

The event of the death and resurrection of the cross  is once, but its meaning and power are eternal.

As one body, there is no division, and the pain and glory of the members are shared, this is which "you are the body of Christ, and members in particular."

The Bible was written by about 40 people for 1,600 years, but it did become one book. It is because they belong to the Heavenly Church in heaven.

So only biblical faith can be saved.

For wisdom unto salvation in Christ is hidden only in the Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:15).

Angels ascend and descend to God, proclaiming salvation and helping to form one body for this.

But the devil separates them.

Like Job 1, the devil goes around for this.

Wherever the devil goes, he causes accusation and judgment.

God has set some in church...(1 Corinthians 12:28)

Apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues... Are these all of the people in the church or are they just some of them?

Not all of them receive such positions or gifts. Some (1 Corinthians 12:29)

Just as a nation has officials and people, the number is limited (1 Corinthians 12:30).

It is given to a special person.

However, the universal gift given to those who are in Christ is the agape love of 1 Corinthians 13.

So, “You covet earnestly the best gifts, and yet I will show you the most excellent way.” The greater gifts are plural.

And 1 Corinthians 14:1 says, “Follow love,” that is, pursue love.

The words to desire the greater gifts is universal words, the words to follow love is obligatory.

Desire gifts, but desire greater gifts (ex: apostles, prophets, teachers, etc.)

In other words, it means to become a minister of the Word rathen than another gifts.

Because the Word becomes people's life. (Romans 10:8-10)

On the other hand, power has the benefit of being evidence of God's power.

The 'the most excellent way' is not a matter of quality, but the way to transcend dimensions and go out to perfect.

The word 'the most' also means overflowing.

It means that  it can do anything with that power.

Love is in fact the ability to do it and not to do it.

The same goes for evangelism and salvage.

This is because there is nothing that God has given that is not power.

If you look at “Desire the greater gifts, and I will show you the most excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31), we can see that there is a time for gifts and a time for fulfilling love in an individual's journey of faith.

Faith must develop gradually.

If you look at the progress of most faiths, you first start with a sign faith, receive grace and yearn for it, and then enjoy eternal life in the truth and fellowship with God.

In the middle, there is a risk of falling into the faith of legalistic morality, but we must always progress to the next level. Those who have been called by God become that way.

Gifts are a auxiliary necessity on the road to love.

But Paul is afraid that the members will stay there.

Paul is concerned that they need gifts but  cling to them.

And the gifts itself is not salvation.

Perfect love guarantees salvation.

Truth is how to get that love.

Only when the Spirit of truth comes, can we love our neighbors with the love because we keep the commandments of the Lord and abide in his love (John 15:10).

Truth comes by the realization of the Holy Spirit and is so lived through repeated application.

Human beings have a tendency to be fallen in anything.

The question is whether to fall into the narrow path or the broad path is each one's own choice.

Are we thinking about our last days today?

It is the end of the world to leave the world through the cross of Christ and be converted to Christ.

It is the end-time faith that abandons oneself, the world, and self and greed every day.

And are you receiving and tasting the glorious blessings of the kingdom of God that is fulfilled in it?

However, the unfortunate thing is that many people postpone all salvation and its blessings until after death.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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