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The Amputated Member by eepa: 6:35pm On Sep 17, 2015 |
The Amputated Member...
Attention all non-Catholics who "claim" to follow
the teaching of Holy Scripture!
Have you ever read 1Corinthians 12:1-31 before?
Have you understood the message written
therein?
(1) "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do
not want you to be uninformed.
(2) You know that when you were heathen, you
were led astray to dumb idols, however you may
have been moved.
(3) Therefore I want you to understand that no
one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus
be cursed!"
and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the
Holy Spirit.
(4) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same
Spirit;
(5) and there are varieties of service, but the
same Lord;
(6) and there are varieties of working, but it is the
same God who inspires them all in every one.
(7) To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit
for the common good.
( To one is given through the Spirit the
utterance of wisdom,
and to another the utterance of knowledge
according to the same Spirit,
(9) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another
gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
(10) to another the working of miracles, to
another prophecy, to another the ability to
distinguish between spirits, to another various
kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of
tongues.
(11) All these are inspired by one and the same
Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as
he wills.
(12) For just as the body is one and has many
members, and all the members of the body,
though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
(13) For by one spirit we were all baptized into
one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all
were made to drink of one Spirit.
(14) For the body does not consist of one
member but of many.
(15) If the foot should say, "Because I am not a
hand, I do not belong to the body," that would
not make it any less a part of the body.
(16) And if the ear should say, "Because I am not
an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would
not make it any less a part of the body.
(17) If the whole body were an eye, where would
be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear,
where would be the sense of smell?
(18) But as it is, God arranged the organs in the
body, each one of them, as he chose.
(19) If all were a single organ, where would the
body be?
(20) As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
(21) The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no
need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I
have no need of you."
(22) On the contrary, the parts of the body which
seem to be weaker are indispensable,
(23) and those parts of the body which we think
less honorable we invest with the greater honor,
and our unpresentable parts are treated with
greater modesty,
(24) which our more presentable parts do not
require. But God has so composed the body,
giving the greater honor to the inferior part,
(25) that there be no discord in the body, but
that the members may have the same care for
one another.
(26) If one member suffers, all suffer together; if
one member is honored, all rejoice together.
(27) Now you are the body of Christ and
individually members of it.
(28) And God has appointed in the church first
apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then
workers of miracles, then healers, helpers,
administrators, speakers in various kinds of
tongues.
(29) Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all
teachers? Do all work miracles?
(30) Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak
with tongues? Do all interpret?
(31) But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I
will show you a still more excellent way."
1Corinthians 12:1-31
"...and he has put all things under his feet and
has made him the head over all things for the
church, which is his body, the fulness of him who
fills all in all."
Ephesians 1:22-23
Elucidation:
1. There is but one Body of Christ (vs 12).
2. The Body of Christ is the Church which He
founded, Ephesians 1:22-23
3. Therefore the Church which Jesus Christ
founded IS Christ.
4. Therefore those who reject His Church, reject
Him. Matthew 12:30
5. Since there is but one Christ with one Body, so
there must be but one Church. Psalms 127:1,
Matthew 16:18
6. The Body (Church) consists of not one
member, but many (vs 14).
7. The many members of the one (Church) Body
are all part of the same Body but each with his
own function (vs's 15-20).
8. The Body of Christ cannot be separated from
His Head.
9. Since the Body consists of members, individual
members of the Body can be separated from the
Head.
10. GOD has said that there must be no discord
within the Body (vs 25).
11. However, there was great discord within the
one Body, and it was a clear violation of verse 25.
12. It is called the Protestant Revolt.
13. Leaders and members of the Protestant
Revolt Amputated themselves from the one Body
(Church) (vs 21).
14. Each member of the Body has his own
function, by analogy, an eye, ear, hand, foot (vs's
15-18).
15. Can a hand live by itself, disconnected
(Amputated) from the Body, or can an eye, an
ear, or a foot?
16. What happens to a member which is
Amputated from the Body?
17. The soul does not go with the Amputated
member, and thus the member dies.
"For as in one body we have many members, and
all the members do not have the same function
so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and
individually members one of another." Romans
12:4-5
These verses clearly do not leave room for
Amputated members.
"Because there is one bread, we who are many
are one body, for we all partake of the one
bread." 1Corinthians 10:17
Show me where Amputated members partake of
the "one bread"?
Here is a very interesting observation from Saint
Augustine (354-430)...
"What the soul is to man's body, the Holy Spirit is
to the Body of Christ, which is the Church. The
Holy Spirit does in the whole Church what the
soul does in all members of one body. But see
what you must beware of, see what you must
take note of, see what you must fear. It happens
that in the human body, or rather, off the body,
some member, whether hand, finger, or foot, may
be cut away. And if a member be cut off, does
the soul go with it? When the member was in the
body, it lived; and off, its life is lost. So too, a
Christian man is Catholic while he lives in the
body; cut off, he is made a heretic; the Spirit does
not follow an amputated member."
Sermons, 267, 4, 391-430 A.D.
Elucidation:
1. The Holy Spirit is the Soul of the Body of Christ
which is the one Church.
2. The Holy Spirit does in the whole Church what
the soul does in all members of the one Body.
3. When a member of the Body is Amputated, the
soul does not go with it*, and thus the member
dies.
4. The Amputated member, when cut off from
the Body of Christ, is made a heretic.
5. The Holy Spirit does not follow an Amputated
member (heretic).
6. Therefore the Holy Spirit, not following an
Amputated member, is only guiding the one
Church which Jesus Christ founded.
*Unlike the body which has many parts and can
be divided, the soul has no parts and thus cannot
be divided.
Now for all of those who think that all they need is
a one on one relationship with Jesus Christ, the
Head of His Church, and have Amputated
themselves from His Body, they had better heed
the teaching of Holy Scripture, as shown very
clearly above. A hand detached from the body
has no life and cannot exist for very long on its
own. How could a hand alone, divorced from the
body, be in any way attached to the head?
Nowhere in Scripture is it said that parts of the
one Body may separate themselves into individual
Amputated members.
However, Holy Scripture clearly does say that
unfruitful members can be Amputated by GOD.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the
vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no
fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does
bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
You are already made clean by the word which I
have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it
abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you
abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches.
He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that
bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do
nothing. If a man does not abide in me, he is cast
forth as a branch and withers; and the branches
are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned."
John 15:1-6
Clearly, those who have Amputated themselves
from the Body, are not bearing fruit for the Head
or the Body.
"He who is not with me is against me, and he who
does not gather with me scatters", is what the
Head has said, Matthew 12:30
With more than 35,000 Protestant sects in the
world today, are those who are doing the
scattering bearing fruit for the Vine?
Are they still attached to the one Vine? Aren't
they the dissenters and dividers spoken of in
1Corinthians 1:10 and 11:18-19?
Aren't they the ones who violated Hebrews
13:17?
"Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For
they watch as being to render an account of your
souls: that they may do this with joy and not with
grief. For this is not expedient for you."
Haven't they illegally Amputated themselves from
the vine, or have they been Amputated by the
vinedresser?
To the contrary, the Body of Christ is commanded
by GOD to be one...
Jesus said, "I do not pray for these only, but also
for those who believe in me through their word
they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in
me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so
that the world may believe that thou hast sent
me." John 17:20-21
"May the God of steadfastness and
encouragement grant you to live in such
harmony with one another, in accord with Christ
Jesus, that together you may with one voice
glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ." Romans 15: 5-6
"I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that
there be no dissensions among you, but that you
be united in the same mind and the same
judgment." 1Corinthians 1:10
For, in the first place, when you assemble as a
church, I hear that there are divisions among
you; and I partly believe it, for there must be
factions among you in order that those who are
genuine among you may be recognized."
1Corinthians 11:18-19
All who are not joined to the one Body and one
Church of Jesus Christ are in violation of those
verses, and of others .
United in the same mind? United in the same
judgment? No dissensions? No divisions? No
factions?
You certainly cannot say any of these things
about Protestantism with its 35,000+
denominations can you?
It is interesting that there must be factions
(Amputated members) so that the true members
of the Body of Christ are made manifest.
Those who have the truth shine like
beaconsamong the heretical Amputated
members.
They are those who fit this verse, "You are the
lightof the world", Matthew 5:14
"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the
gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see
you or am absent, I may hear of you that you
stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving
side by side for the faith of the gospel,"
Philippians 1:27
In verse after verse in the New Testament, it is
stressed that it is only the one true Church:
1. Which has the final authority on earth, and not
any other outside of it, Isaiah 22:21,
Matthew 9:8, 18:15-18, Luke 10:19, John
20:21-23
2. Which is the Pillar and Foundation of Truth,
and none other, 1Timothy 3:15
3. Which alone is guided by the Holy Spirit, John
14:15-17, 16:12-16, Acts 15:28
"He who is not with me is against me, and he who
does not gather with me scatters." Matthew
12:30
What with the undeniable evidence of 40,000+
Protestant sects* in the world today, just who is
doing the scattering?
*World Christianity Encyclopedia, a Protestant
publication.
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