And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5.
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27.
No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. Ephesians 5:29-30.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
When you are IN CHRIST you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27. Christ is the head, and He is with Me in Heaven, and you, who believe in Him and have confessed Him as Lord, make up His body on earth. You are in Christ and Christ is in you and this creates a oneness with Him and other believers that though you are each unique and do not have the same areas of expertise, yet you are joined in one body, and that with the whole family of believers, all working towards the same goal and purpose as your head. And ultimately, because Christ is in Me and I am in Christ, this means that you also being in Him are in Me and I being in Him am in you. And a body, though made up of many different members with different functions and areas of expertise, so to speak, works together as one unit to benefit the entire body. And the whole body follows the direction of the head, for the body and head are one.
And that is today’s life lesson on how to live your life IN CHRIST: “Life in the Body of Christ.” This is a mystery hidden through past ages but revealed now to the church by the Holy Spirit, who testifies to Jesus.
I call the church the Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ. And I have much to say about this for in the matter of the church, I am revealing a very deep and far reaching truth that is beyond mental reasoning to grasp in its fullness. It has to spiritually discerned. But I have given you the mind of Christ, that is, of the anointed One, and the anointing transcends human analytical reasoning, which is limited to the soul realm and does not go beyond the physical sight. But it is the anointing that lifts the burden and destroys the yoke.
Just as written by My Spirit, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” But to you I have revealed them through the Spirit. My Spirit searches all things, even My very depths. For whom among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so My thoughts no one knows except My Spirit. And IN CHRIST, you have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from Me, so that you may know the things freely given to you by Me in Christ, which things you now also have the privilege of speaking by the Spirit in you, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. 1 Corinthians 2:9-13. You, in and through praying in the Spirit, can now tap into My thoughts and plans, the secrets of My heart. “The secret of the LORD is for those who worship Him, and He will make them know His covenant.” Psalm 25:14. I am seeking those who worship in Spirit and in truth. For it is to these that I can reveal My plans and as the Body of Christ they are empowered by the Head to carry them out.
But a natural worldly man does not accept the things of My Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they must be spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual discerns and appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For who has known My mind, that he will instruct Me? But you have the mind of Christ and that anointing teaches you all things. 1 Corinthians 2:14-16. Jesus told you, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” John 14:26. As for you who believe in My Son, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 1 John 2:27.
Now, there is something here I want you to grasp so that you will have confidence for healing the moment any illness, infirmity, pain, disease or attack of any form comes against your body or soul.
First read this passage inspired by My Spirit, for My Words are Spirit-breathed, they are Spirit and life, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.” Ephesians 5:25-33.
You are Christ’s body, and He is the head of His body and you each are members. What does that mean? Well, think about your own body, of which you are the head, you care for, nourish, protect, cleanse, and administer remedies to your own body, that is, your own flesh. You ponder the best choices of where to go, what to eat, and what position to sit, stand or work in or sleep in and you so direct your body to do accordingly. If you decide you need exercise, you direct your body to do so and it has no option, even if it complains, but to obey. If you have pain or illness you seek and apply the remedy.
No one hates his own body so as to neglect it when it is crying out for food or healing. And the same is true with Christ. He loves each of you who are in Him as His own body and nourishes and cherishes you, heals you, applies divine remedies, directs you in right paths, and has your best interests in mind, which He knows better than you do, as your head, because you are members of His body.
So in your daily life, the moment your body is attacked, you must be at peace and declare, “Jesus is taking care of this, for I am His body.” And then thank Me for the healing and for the remedy. And then rebuke the attacking symptoms and tell them they have no part in the body of Christ for He has taken away all your pains, illness, sins, and iniquities and borne them and the punishment due them already and they cannot attach onto His glorious body. For as He IS so are you IN this world. 1 John 4:17. You are body of the resurrected Christ, not of the crucified Christ. Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. Ephesians 5:26-27. He took your sins and pain and they are no longer to be on His body. You are not to take what does not belong to you and entertain it for one moment.
Think about your own body. If your toe is in pain, it is not worrying about it, it just keeps informing your head that it hurts until you do something about it. Does this remind you of the parable My Son told to show you that at all times you ought to pray and not to lose heart? He finished it by concluding, “will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:1-8. And there is the key, faith. Faith in My Word. It is I who said that I, the LORD, am your healer. It is I who told you that by the beating of My Son and His death for you on the Cross you are healed and forgiven. I is I who told you that He took away and bore you sicknesses, pains, poverty, sin, shame, and guilt. It is I who told you to ask and receive. It is I who told you that I sent My Word and healed you and delivered you from your destructions. It is I who made Jesus to be wisdom for you, sanctification, righteousness and redemption. It is I who told you that you are the Body of Christ and each one a member of it. It is I who planned the Church and called you to it. It is I who have consecrated you in truth, My Word is truth. And it is I who told you that every one of My magnificent promises is “YES” to you IN CHRIST JESUS. It is I who rescued you from the power of darkness and translated you to the Kingdom of My Beloved Son. I AM the LORD your God! Open wide your mouth and speak My Words in faith and I will fill you with the promise contained in the Word you are calling in.
Do not give up and be sluggish about this. You are not with respect to the needs of your own body. My Son told you another parable about prayer concluding that you must be consistently persistent in your faith for the result. Luke 11:5-8. And how did He tell you to do this? “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Luke 11:9-13. And would you give your own body a snake, a scorpion, or do evil to it? You are now the body of Christ. Will He not give you the very best? Will not I give you the very best? Yes, you are joint heirs with Him for you are His body, you are IN HIM. I did not spare My own Son, but delivered Him over for you all, how will I not also with Him freely give you all things? Romans 8:32.
Know who you are IN CHRIST.You have so MUCH MORE, for now there is one new man made from the gentiles and the Jews—all those who are a new creation in Christ are consecrated and called apart to be in the world but not of the world, and I call this new creation the Church, the Body of Christ. The Church was born out of the pierced side of Christ as blood and water poured out to wash her of sin and renew her mind so there was no stain or blemish in her as He gave His last breath to finish the work of Salvation He came to do. And just as the woman (ishah), the bride, was pulled out of the man (ish), the bridegroom, in the beginning, and from oneness came two, and then the two joined in a partnership in uniqueness but oneness again in the flesh, so too is the Church and Christ in the Spirit.
Just for an aside here so you better understand what I am saying about the mystery of Christ and the church of which you are a member. In Hebrew, the word “adam” is a neutral term meaning “human,” not specifically a man. In the original Hebrew text, all references to adam are neutral until I pull the woman out of adam’s side, from adam’s flesh and bone, and make a woman: ishah, in Hebrew. Only at that point is Adam called ish, a man. Adam is never called an ish until the ishah has been separated from him. And when the man and woman join in the covenant of marriage, they become “one.” They are returning to My first design before the ish and ishah were separated but in a whole new way where each is a unique person capable of independent action. And so it is with Christ and the church. Born as a new creation you are the church, the bride, and Christ from whose death you were born again, just as I put adam into a deep sleep before pulling the ishah from his side, was raised up to find His glorious bride, the church, just as adam, now the ish, awoke to find his ishah, his bride, and the two have become One Body. “He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.” Ephesians 5:25-33.
And what does it mean to be a member of the body of Christ with all the other believers? For there should be no divisions, jealousy, or rivalry in the body if it is to function at its optimum potential. “For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.” 1 Corinthians 12:14-26.
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it. And I have appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. 1 Corinthians 12:27-28. For just as you have many members in your body and all the members do not have the same function, so you, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Since you have gifts that differ according to the grace given, each of you is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without hypocrisy. You are all gifts to one another in the Body. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, looking to the Head, Jesus Christ, all eyes should be focused on Him for direction; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer. As stewards of My manifold grace, I have given to each one a gift for the benefit of all. To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. Be ministers of healing and reconciliation to one another. Be good to all but show first preference to the Body of Christ, the church.
Be very mindful of how blessed you are to be in the Body of My Son. You are up for special care and attention above those who have rejected My Son. And My Son gives gifts to the church to be partners with Him in building up the Body and increasing its members, for this reason He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the church for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until you ALL attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of My Son, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.]As a result, you are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, you are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. Ephesians 4:11-16.
I am love, My Son is love, and My Spirit is love, so it follows that you as His body are to be love as well. Imitate Me as My dear children and walk in love. It is the pathway prepared for you in Christ. And love is expressed in thanksgiving and praise—that is, in worship.
I love you. You are so one with Me that I have put you in the body of My Son. Yes, when you believe in the gospel of your salvation I seal you in Christ by My Holy Spirit as a pledge. And He will raise you up as His glorious body, the Church, and catch you up to meet Him in the clouds. And He is coming for a glorious bride. And that is you. Make sure your lamps are burning bright with the anointing oil of the Holy Spirit when He comes.