"And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way."
{Ephesians 1:22,23} (NIV)
When they believed, they received the promised Holy Spirit, an eternal deposit guaranteeing their inheritance. So, Paul, when he hears about their faith and their love, prays that God would give them wisdom, revelation and knowledge of the true state a member of the CHURCH is in.
We are a holy people and we have within us the same great power that God used to raise Jesus from the grave. This power is at work in us, accomplishing a huge transformation. We understand that Christ is at the right hand of God. We understand that He has all power and all authority. We understand that He is the Head of the CHURCH. But, do we understand that we are His body?
Paul understands the mystery of the CHURCH better than any other apostle. He is communicating a deep truth to us. We have Christ alive in us through the power of His Spirit, and our bodies are therefore the bodies of Christ. More than a truth that individually we are Christ’s bodies, but also collectively we are together the body of Christ. Each local assembly of the CHURCH is there to do the work of Christ in our community. The work of His mouth, the work of His feet, the work of His hands, the work of His Presence. Are we doing it?
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