The Way therefore, is the physical
body of Jesus Christ and everything that it entails. For example:
·
The
physical life which He lived
As we have been duly instructed
saying; “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: " Who committed
no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth" (1Peter2:21-22).
“Love has been perfected among us in this:
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we
in this world” (1John 4:17).
·
The
church
As we have been duly instructed
saying; “And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” Also;
“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually” (Colossians
1:18; 1Corinthians 12:27).
“And He Himself gave some to be
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for
the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the
cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may
grow up in all things into Him who is the head --- Christ ---from whom the
whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to
the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the
body for the edifying of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:11-16).
·
Access
to the Father
Jesus Christ stated quite clearly;
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me.” And the way to the Father is through His body as confirmed by the
apostle Paul who wrote; “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the
Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for
us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the
house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with
pure water” (Hebrews 1: 19-22).
·
The
communion or Fellowship of the body of Christ
For we have been instructed saying;
“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge for
yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one
body; for we all partake of that one bread” (1Corinthians
10:14-17).
The bread therefore, represents the
church, the body of Christ, the new and living way to the Father and communion
or fellowship of believers.
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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