Baptism, why? (IX) The mystery of the Body...
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How great it is to be called the children of God, yet sometimes we just do not realize it. St. John the apostle said, "See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now;..." 1 John 3:1-2
This is wonderful, we have become part of God's family, God's household as St. Paul said, "So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, ..." Eph 2:19
What is this household? household is a family, God's own family. But Paul give another name to this Family. In Paul's letter to Timothy he said, "... you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. " 1 Tim 3:15
We have become part of the Church. God's household, or God's family is The Church, the Body of Christ.
Through baptism, by dying and rising, we have become the Body of Christ.
What is so great about being the Body of Christ?
Have you ever wonder why St. Paul used the analogy that the church is the Body and Christ is the head? "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. " Eph 5:23
Why head and body?
I myself never realy bother about this until one day I read the notes in my bible about the word "head".
In the first century medical point of view, the head is the source of live to the whole body. Head gives Life to the Body. Body has its Life only from the Head. This is how they think. And this is why St. Paul use the word of Body for the Church and Christ as the Head.
We are His Body. And by being His body, we receives Life from Him. We receives Life from God. And this is our purpose, this is our destiny. To be in union with God, to be a real sharer of God's own Life.
And we obtain this Life, by being His body, by being the Church. Through Baptism, We have become part of the Body of Christ. And by becoming part of the Body of Christ, we receives God's own Life. By being members of God's Church, We Live.
Next: Closing...
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How great it is to be called the children of God, yet sometimes we just do not realize it. St. John the apostle said, "See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now;..." 1 John 3:1-2
This is wonderful, we have become part of God's family, God's household as St. Paul said, "So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, ..." Eph 2:19
What is this household? household is a family, God's own family. But Paul give another name to this Family. In Paul's letter to Timothy he said, "... you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. " 1 Tim 3:15
We have become part of the Church. God's household, or God's family is The Church, the Body of Christ.
Through baptism, by dying and rising, we have become the Body of Christ.
What is so great about being the Body of Christ?
Have you ever wonder why St. Paul used the analogy that the church is the Body and Christ is the head? "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. " Eph 5:23
Why head and body?
I myself never realy bother about this until one day I read the notes in my bible about the word "head".
In the first century medical point of view, the head is the source of live to the whole body. Head gives Life to the Body. Body has its Life only from the Head. This is how they think. And this is why St. Paul use the word of Body for the Church and Christ as the Head.
We are His Body. And by being His body, we receives Life from Him. We receives Life from God. And this is our purpose, this is our destiny. To be in union with God, to be a real sharer of God's own Life.
And we obtain this Life, by being His body, by being the Church. Through Baptism, We have become part of the Body of Christ. And by becoming part of the Body of Christ, we receives God's own Life. By being members of God's Church, We Live.
Next: Closing...
-------to be continued
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