We are
made members of the Body of Christ through receiving three sacraments - Baptism, Confirmation, which we receive only once, and the Holy Eucharist which is Christ Himself.
By incorporating us into Christ, the Holy Spirit also
makes us members of his body, the Church.
We who have been chosen in Christ, reconciled to God through Him,
made members of His Body, sharers in His Spirit, and heirs through hope of His Kingdom, are by these very facts committed to full participation in His redeeming mission.
Becoming a Christian more likely means becoming incorporated into the Christian faith,
made members of a body.
Not exact matches
The ICSA is
made up
of 17
member organizations that
make regular recommendations about the global marketplace to a number
of prominent economic
bodies, such as the OECD.
The current
body is
made up
of 12 Labour
members, nine Conservative, two Green party, and two Liberal Democrats.
In the report,
members of the new
body outlined their goals
of regulation and
making the crypto market safe for investors:
CryptoUK, a self - regulatory
body set up to represent the sector, which is
made up
of eight
members, -LSB-...]
I am a proud
member of the
body of Christ... put me down,
make fun, scoff, spit on me, diminish what I believe, tell me I am wrong, or persecute me verbally, physically, or mentally — I will forgive you as He forgives me, I will pray for your as He instructs, and I will do my human best to love you because He loved you first.
All
of this to say this, the «church» is Christ's
body,
made up
of all who believe him anywhere at any time, and they are all
members, we do not need commitment forms or covenants in order to determine who is in or out.
We must delight in each other,
make others» conditions our own, rejoice together; mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as
members of the same
body...
Rom 7:22 For I joyfully concur with the law
of God in the inner man, Rom 7:23 but I see a different law in the
members of my
body, waging war against the law
of my mind and
making me a prisoner
of the law
of sin which is in my
members.
He enjoined his shipmates to «delight in each other,
make others» conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our... community... as
members of the same
body.»
For this end, wee must be knitt together in this worke as one man, wee must entertaine each other in brotherly Affeccion, wee must be willing to abridge our selves
of our superfluities, for the supply
of others necessities, wee must uphold a familiar Commerce together in all meeknes, gentlenes, patience and liberallity, wee must delight in each other,
make others Condicions our owne, rejoyce together, mourne together, labour and suffer together, allwayes haveing before our eyes our Commission and Community in the worke, our Community as
members of the same
body, soe shall wee keepe the unitie
of the spirit in the bond
of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us as his owne people and will commaund a blessing upon us in all our wayes, soe that wee shall see much more
of his wisdome, power, goodnes and truthe than formerly wee have beene acquainted with.
Blood unites all the undulating parts and sinews
of our
bodies,
making our disparate
members whole.
Then «in» Christ, the Christian faith has gone on to assert, those who have been
made members of «his
Body» will also be raised from death to God.
«And just as Christ gathers to himself all those who believe and
makes them his
body, so the Christian comes to see himself as a
member of this
body, in an essential relationship with all other believers» (LF 22).
Even Paul, who was clearly against homosexual practice, spoke
of the
body of Christ as one unit
made of many diverse
members.
Paul explains that the
body of Christ is
made up
of many
members working together — «so also is Christ.»
They are also, at times,
made by my fellow
members of the
Body of Christ, who do not realize that while their words hold the power to bring healing to others, they also hold the power to wound.
Thus to be
made «a very
member incorporate in the mystical
Body of Christ» is to have the root
of the matter in one.
He has
made us
members in the
Body of Christ, and that means we are both
members of one another and also committed thereby to partnership in His redeeming mission.26
As there is one loaf
of bread, there is one
body made up
of many
members (I Cor.
Henry notes that
of the almost 500
member synod (the three voting «houses» that constitute the Anglican Church's decision -
making body) only 15 are from BAME heritage.
As a
body is an organism
made up
of many
members, and it is held together by one soul, so, in my opinion, the whole world is a kind
of huge and immense living creature which is united by one soul, namely the power and reason
of God.
(Ephesians 4:1 - 7, 3:16) On the other side, when a
member of the Church has to suffer for the good cause, he can say «I am
making up what is lacking
of Christ's sufferings on behalf
of His
body, which is the Church».
Urbanization has called forth two types
of reaction in Protestantism: first, the church and the ministry have devised numerous means
of reaching out to all kinds
of people and groups in the cities; and second, attempts have been
made to strengthen the inner fellowship
of the local church, to bring about a genuine community in which each individual has a sense
of being a
member of the one
body.
The Church is
made of many
members that is
of the same
body.
In the first case, this reminds us that baptism
makes us part
of Christ,
members of his
body the Church, and sharers in his death and resurrection.
«The rekindling
of the paschal candle reminds us that baptism
makes us part
of Christ,
members of his
body the Church, sharers in his death and resurrection»
22 For I joyfully concur with the law
of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the
members of my
body, waging war against the law
of my mind and
making me a prisoner
of the law
of sin which is in my
members.
It was his as the true gospel because he was himself a man «in Christ» — and that phrase signified for him, as his letters
make abundantly clear, that he was, and knew himself to be, what the Book
of Common Prayer calls — in another phrase which yet is remarkably Pauline in expression — «a very
member incorporate in the mystical
Body of Christ, which is the blessed company
of all faithful people.»
Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes
of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse
of market power (legal framework must «level the balance
of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission
of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency
of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would
make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits
of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak
bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf
of their
members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case
of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application
of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)
If anything I'm always super aware
of how a pregnant woman's
body is being invaded constantly, not only by family
members but by total strangers, and it
makes me feel protective
of the expectant moms - to - be because I know when I was pregnant I despised people touching me or my stomach.
I am also a
member of the DTI social justice DTI committee which is a safe place where we try to think
of ways to
make the birth community more inclusive for all genders, races, classes, sexual orientations and
bodies.
To be effective, the Board should include
members of all relevant departments and
bodies that
make policy related to, or impacted by, infant feeding.
Compare this model with that
of the current government, whereby we have an unelected
body of wealthy individuals, laden with conflicts
of interest running the country and forcing through policies
made up in a closed room that not one
member of the electorate has had an opportunity to vote on.
The Committee on Climate Change is an independent public
body made up
of highly experienced committee
members, including scientists, business people, engineers and economists.
So far, every single act
of alleged corruption labeled against any
member of my administration has been or is in the process
of being investigated by independent
bodies, and the findings so far
made public.
The president indicated that so far, «every single act
of alleged corruption labelled against any
member of my administration has been or is in the process
of being investigated by independent
bodies and the findings
made public.
State Chairman Frank MacKay
made the following statement following the convention, «The
members of the Independence Party represent a cross-section
of political views, but we are firmly united in our beliefs that our growing dysfunctional governing
bodies in NYS and Washington, DC are deeply in need
of reform from the bottom up and the top down.
The PPA delegation
made up
of its Board Chairman, Prof. Douglas Boateng and other board
members and management also took the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on its counterpart
body — Rwandan Public Procurement Authority (RPPA).
Similarly, complaining about the shortcomings
of Congress is a hard argument to
make for a
member of a legislative
body once called the most dysfunctional in the nation.
The
members of the Delegate Assembly, the highest policy -
making body of the UFT, on Feb. 15 roundly rejected Mayor Bloomberg's call for an individual merit pay plan for New York City public schools.
Instead
of being able to
make singular decisions, they find themselves
members of a slow - moving legislative
body where political lines are dug deep.
Leading
member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely - Hayford has apologized to Parliament for some comments he
made against the house which has angered some in the 275 -
member legislative
body.
«In line with the wishes
of the majority
of the
members of the National Democratic Congress, and in the wake
of recommendations
made by the election review committee chaired by Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, the National Executive Committee, which is the highest decision -
making body after Congress, voted unanimously for the scrapping
of the register which was used to conduct our internal elections last year,» Kofi Portuphy said.
«I am very disappointed that the Governor's office would
make comments questioning the motives
of any
member of this
body regarding a legitimate policy discussion.
of women wearing full -
body coverings as being forced to do so under threat
of violence from male family
members makes the Feminist argument stronger, and would sway people who don't consider themselves particularly Feminist.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned its
members to desist from
making comments likely to «compromise, embarrass or impugn» the integrity
of the Supreme Court and all other constitutionally mandated
bodies which are dully performing their duties.