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What is the process by which we come to be in the Body of Christ?
PS You didn't answer the questions in post 36.
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We are saved by being in the Body of Christ.
We are not saved by the New Covenant.
Many people don't care about the difference.
What is the process by which we come to be in the Body of Christ?
PS You didn't answer the questions in post 36.
Um, quibbling much? Same thing. The New Covenant saves EVERYONE who is saved - even those from the Old Covenant - because only Jesus death and resurrection on our behalf saves. Being in the Body of Christ is another way of talking about it. It's like saying "I'm not saved by being in the body of Christ but by being in the family of God." Or substitute Kingdom of God, trusting in the Lord vs faith in Christ, whatever.We are saved by being in the Body of Christ.
We are not saved by the New Covenant.
Um, quibbling much? Same thing. The New Covenant saves EVERYONE who is saved - even those from the Old Covenant - because only Jesus death and resurrection on our behalf saves. Being in the Body of Christ is another way of talking about it. It's like saying "I'm not saved by being in the body of Christ but by being in the family of God." Or substitute Kingdom of God, trusting in the Lord vs faith in Christ, whatever.
Thru the gospel of grace preached by the Apostle Paul to the Body of Christ, summarized in 1 Cor 15:1-4.
True. And this:
Ephesians 2
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
When we receive God's gift through faith, we enter into a New Covenant relationship with Him.
That is you reading into the scripture.
Paul never once quoted Jeremiah 31:31, nor Hebrews 8:8 and apply that to us.
2 Corinthians 3:6That is you reading into the scripture.
Paul never once quoted Jeremiah 31:31, nor Hebrews 8:8 and apply that to us.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Hebrews 12
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
PS You still didn't answer the questions in post 36.
Hebrews is written to the nation Israel (Hebrews 1:1-2), and Paul is not the author, by Galatians 2:9
Yes, but Hebrews is not written to the Body of Christ.
Hebrews 12:23 is written to the church.
As I said, the very first verses, Hebrews 1:1-2 tells you the audience.
If you want to direct certain verses to the Body of Christ, that is up to you.
How are we “able ministers of the new testament?”
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