Sentences with phrase «jesus upon the members»

We are thinking both of the concrete impact of Jesus upon the members of the community which was formed about him and of the ways in which the community tried to explain the magnitude and the revolutionary consequences of that impact.

Not exact matches

Its claim to being a society rests upon the prehension of the importance of Jesus in each of its members.

We also may be said to live after death as church members related to the person of Jesus and dependent upon the church's unity and prayers for our continued existence.

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, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place (OIKOS) of God in the Spirit.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

Especially one that was not dependent upon leaders, magical thinking, male patriarchy, and member discipline for cohesion... as Jesus did.