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The force that gives a person life is the spirit within; it is a supernatural life
giving force that is divinely linked. Wrapped in flesh for a single purpose to
honor God our Creator, the spirit should comprehend perfectly—the grace
to do so is always available? So, a church—a body of people with common
spiritual characteristics—is one body. Linked by a common purpose; it is
not a structure or building, although they may meet within one.
However, if the truth is singular, serves God, and united in a spiritual body,
why are there so many fundamental differences about the truth today, and
so many different structures called churches? The answer is quite simple:
the differences are unresolved conflicts because rules. The spirit of God
does not conflict with itself, so there must be different spiritual influences.
Unresolved, the spiritual darkness divides and proclaims the disunity is
unity; the two are no longer one, because the light is separated by darkness.
How then is God served when the unity of His Spirit is divided and truth is
lacking? He can’t be perfectly be served or honored because evil is then
entertained in such division!
When a body of persons has common social, economic, or historical
interests, it typically pursues a common goal. So it is with “church,” because
the community [the body] is made up of many parts that are spiritually
united as one. If the words of Scripture within this book are accurate, the
truth must come together at a point in time as one spiritual body—not one
structural church! Life’s dilemmas become resolved when there is a
common goal. As one truth, the common good becomes paramount, along
with the standards adopted. The truth must be the common trait evidenced
by the interests and social activities, which are fellowship. The body, then, is
a kind of social state or condition with a common purpose—the essence of
church. If the two are one, meaning spiritually and physically, the
individuals are together as a solution for one another. Shouldn’t we, as a
body, possess what is necessary and hold it in common for the benefit of
all?
The truth is spiritual, so what about the physical? What about the moral
qualities of life within those who profess the truth? Morality is absolutely
necessary in order to sustain a perfect order, and profess the truth? What
we eat, drink, breath demands our direct participation—we are given the
worse and the world is sick not healthy. So, every person must be attentive
and choose morality to be justified to profess the truth. Certainly, nothing is
more important than the truth. Yet expressing the truth brings suffering: