The doctrine of the body of Christ

1. The Trinity is related to the body. The Father, for example, placed Christ as the head of the body — Ephesians 1:22. Therefore Christ is the head of the body — Ephesians 1:22,23; 5:23,24; Colossians 1:18. The Holy Spirit forms the body of Christ — 1 Corinthians 12:12-14. Furthermore, He sustains the body of Christ — 1 Corinthians 6:15 cf. 6:19,20.

2. Christ is the saviour of the body — Ephesians 5:23,25, 30. Being the saviour of the body means that the body of Christ has eternal life, possesses it forever and ever.

3. Christ is also the sanctifier of the body — Hebrews 2:11; 13:12.

4. The body is related to the strategic victory of the angelic conflict — Ephesians 1:22,23.

5. The body includes Gentile believers of the Church Age as well as Jewish — Ephesians 3:6.

6. The body is the recipient of multifarious spiritual gifts — Romans 12:4,5; 1 Corinthians 12:27,28.

7. The communication of doctrine gift [pastor-teacher] is for the purpose of edification and leading the royal priesthood to supergrace — Ephesians 3:6-8; 4:11,12.

8. Therefore the objective of the body of Christ in phase two is to reach the supergrace life — Ephesians 4:15,16.