Sentences with phrase «made members of the body»

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.

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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.
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