Good evening, my friends and members of the MCGI. As we all know, we all form a church which also makes it a body. In a nutshell, this is what Brother Eli dwelled on today.
The church is just like a body which consists of different people and has a head.
Who is the head of the church? So many people always think that the pastor is the head of the church but we fail to understand that God, our father is also a part of the church. He’s not only part of the church but he is the head of the church. This is proved in the Bible.
1 Corinthians 12:13 says, For by one Spirit we were 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.
If we all attend a church, it means that we have formed a body and God is our head. We have been baptized into one body means that the Lord, our father who lives in the church is the one whom we all are baptized in his body. There is a proof of that in the Bible which Brother Eli also pointed out.
1 Timothy 3:15 says, If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
The fact that people do not hear the voice of God or see him do what regular people do in church does not mean that we should behave anyhow in the church.
The church is a home of conduct and that’s why we have programs and things which we are supposed to do accordingly in the church.
Brother Eli also moved to baptism which he dwelled on the importance of having a baptism and the fact that it has to be done in the church.
There is no other place where baptism should be done other than a church where God lives.
Deuteronomy 12:5 says, But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling [a] place; and there you shall go
Right now, I wll leave you all with some other Bible verses which Brother Eli treated today.
Matthew 28:19, Ephesians 3:14, Deuteronomy 12:5 and 2 Chronicles 7:16.
It's really been an amazing time so far during this teachings. God bless you