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[Thad]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

Yes DLLong I think was his nic?

nic ?

[AmazingGrace]

Originally Posted by Thad

nic ?

sorry screen name nick same difference... Happy?

[Thad]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

I wonder where that put us when we were in OKC for the first 3 months all we had one the platform was drums LOL... the keyboard was on the floor because the music dir hurt her back and couldnt do steps.. and well... I guess we were just heathens splitting hell wide open!!!!!!!!!

No you got it wrong. They don't mind the drums being on the platform

It's those EXTRA elevated stages/platforms that elevate the drums abover other intruments that was preached against

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Thad

That wasn't cool Dan

Well ... what remains of the Geritol Posse.

[Thad]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Well ... what remains of the Geritol Posse.

ti only gets worse !

[AmazingGrace]

Originally Posted by Thad

No you got it wrong. They don't mind the drums being on the platform

It's those EXTRA elevated stages/platforms that elevate the drums abover other intruments that was preached against

I know that... but is it more elevated when everything else is on the floor level and just the drums??!?!?!? See... they were elevated over the other instruments and even over the pastor... we didnt have a choice and pastor always preached from the floor for like the first 2 months we were in the building because he didnt trust the platform area where he would be standing... Had to be reinforced. He was a tiny man but it was a nasty platform at first...

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by OneAccord

The Apostle Paul defines the Body of Christ for us:

1Cr 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

According to this, the Body of Christ is God's church, composed of many members all baptized with the Holy Ghost. There is only one Body of Christ. Paul makes no distinction between the Jew or the Greek. We become one in Christ when we are baptized with the Holy Ghost. There isn't a UPC Body here, and a AOG Body there... there is only ONE BODY, and Paul does not list ANY OTHER qualification for inclusion in the Body of Christ other than the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

He further states, rather emphatically, that there should be NO divisions in the Body of Christ along denominational or organizational lines. If he is correct in saying that we are baptized into the Body of Christ through the baptism of the Holy Ghost (and I believe he is), then we are to have the same care for one another, regardless of what organization or church we are affliated with.

1Cr 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.

The following verses also define the Body of Christ, though they are often used to "tack" on membership requirements:

Eph 4:4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Often, the doctrine of water baptism is added as a requirement for inclusion in the Body of Christ by using Eph. 4:5 which states ".. one baptism...". This is often misapplied for nothing in this chapter speaks of water baptism. The preceeding verse (4:4) makes it abundantly clear that Paul was referring to the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and not to water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. Water baptism according to Acts 2:38 is an intregal part of the Plan of Salvation but nothing in these passages of Scriptures indicates that it is a requirement for entrance into the Body. Act 2 makes this clear. The believers at Pentecost were filled with the Holy Ghost (added to the Body) and then were baptized in water in the Name of Jesus Christ. They gained entrance into the Body of Christ by recieving the Holy Ghost, then they were baptized in water in Jesus Name. This is also true for Cornelius' household.

In short... all people who are filled with the Holy Ghost are members of the Body of Christ. That, according to Paul's teaching, is the only initial requirement to gain entrance into the Body of Christ.

I'd love to get into a discussion on what is meant by "baptism" in the scriptures you are quoting but I don't have the time. Chock me up as a dissenting vote to your interpretation of 1 Cor 12:13 and Ephesians 4:5. They are both referring to water baptism.

No shockamooing here!

To be a part of the body of Christ a person must be baptized in water and in the Spirit. Both of these acts of baptism involve spiritual works done by the Holy Spirit through the faith of the believer.

[AmazingGrace]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Well ... what remains of the Geritol Posse.

Love em all but that right there is funny... dont care who ya are!

[Thad]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

I know that... but is it more elevated when everything else is on the floor level and just the drums??!?!?!? See... they were elevated over the other instruments and even over the pastor... we didnt have a choice and pastor always preached from the floor for like the first 2 months we were in the building because he didnt trust the platform area where he would be standing... Had to be reinforced. He was a tiny man but it was a nasty platform at first...

FRY IN HELL THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AmazingGrace]

Originally Posted by Thad

FRY IN HELL THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep thats what they would say I am sure! But oh well! We made it thru... and I dont think we are totally hell bound yet... oh wait... gotta devilvision my bad!!!!