Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is the local church in the Four Corners Community. Having said that, F.M.B.C. is also a part of the church, the Bride of Christ. We are members of the Body of Christ. Paul says in Ephesians 1:22-23: “And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” Do you see it? Christ is the head, and we are the body of His church. The image of the body shows the church’s unity. Each member is involved with all the others as they go about doing Christ’s work on earth. However, it is our relationship with Christ, the Head, that empowers every member as we continue our earthly so-journ. “For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ” (Romans 12:4-5a).
Here, Paul uses the concept of the human body to teach how Christians should live and work together. Just as the parts of the body function under the direction of the brain, so Christians are to work together under the command and authority of Jesus Christ. You are reminded by this Pastor quite often that “We are all in this together.” Dear Ones, we are told that the fullness of Him fills and completes all things in all believers. That being said, we are totally complete in Him. The local church can do all things through Christ. Let’s focus on two things: Evangelism and Discipling of the believers. More to come.
Remember, we are the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit is the presence of Jesus in the earth realm and He will never leave us.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
