LoveofTruth
Christ builds His church from within us
Our flesh and His flesh are being made one flesh for we are all partakers of that one bread. What bread? The verse right before it explains.
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
What is the bread?
1 Corinthians 11:24
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Our common union is in Christ through his body that was crucified and shed blood of the cross. But Paul says that we being many are one bread. WE are one bread. Notice the wording. In Christ we are one bread and one new man. The bread and cup are for reminders of this and as we edify one another we are all partakers of that one bread, (which Paul shows is us as the one bread).
Christ is the head of the church. We also read of Jesus coming in to men and supping with them, inwardly. This is in Revelation 3. This inward supper or communion is the participation of the Lord with us. This working is a fellowship in the mystery of Christ and Christ as the head works effectually in every part.
Ephesians 4:16
"From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."
No he didn't say that. He said, and I paraphrase; We knew Him in the flesh but from now on we know Him no more.
" yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more."
Bias is where we least expect it sometimes.
Yes they cannot say they know Christ after the flesh now, for he is physically in heaven. He is in the hearts of all believers however as they abide in Him through faith. So to say we know him after the flesh of the bread now and need to eat the physical bread to have Christ in us is not scriptural or true according to scripture. Christ dwells in our heart (not stomach) by faith.
2 Corinthians 4:18
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal"
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