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Col.3:11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

There has never been known upon this earth such an arrangement of the body of Christ. One cannot, let me repeat, cannot stay within the body of Christ with the thoughts and practice of this world, the two minds are opposed to each other as light is to darkness. We cannot be in Christ thinking in terms of power and position, greate and smaller, better, worst, it just cannot exist within the body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Those that change the rules thinking they have a right by some religious order are fundamentally mislead from the body and thinking of Christ the thoughts of his mind, which mind is the head of his temple body! Let us remember the fleshly mind we are born with is not the mind of Christ, we must be born again raised up into the Christ seated above and given a new mind that new mind is Christ mind not our old mind thoughts which no longer exist in Christ.

Rom.8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

It does not matter earthly status, earthly education, earthly wealth, or position by some job or ministry we might have, all that is earned has no merit or reward in Christ, why? Here than is the point the fleshly mind cannot conceived those in Christ have received life eternal and the reward for being in Christ which is Christ is the riches indwelling them making them new while upon this earth. They are not receiving honors and glory from the world, they are not making a name for a personal ministry in some group or staring one. They are not making a name boasting in many followers, no, and no!
They are in fact, and in truth servants to whom? Themselves, a church, or the body Christ where they have been placed into? Now if servants like a hand on your own body is but a hand with no brain or mind where indeed is the glory? Does a hand fight to put a ring on its own finger to boast about its material things, to boast in its position over other body members, how can the body exist with missing parts?

1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

James 4:16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

Moreover, how can one member think they are so much more important than other members? Where does such thinking come from? Well, we have no doubt, Paul did not stutter did he? Paul under power of Holy Spirit spoke here to those thinking in their fleshly mind about what? What the fleshly mind thinks, and feeds upon and than produces - competition in being the best beating the other guy. Yes! Such unrighteous and unholy thinking is not in the body of Christ and never will be. It is from the source of lust of the flesh that longs for greatness and recognition than goes out a plants whole fields of weed building unrighteous foundation, religion, institution of power, control, building names upon earth calling itself the body of Christ.
Matt.18:1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
18:2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 18:4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
18:5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Here than is the ultimate test for the flesh which is? If I do good for some one, its OK to put Christ name, and/or God's name upon it , labeling my good as coming from God. Now all the good intention in the world, all of our wonderful desires to help someone, and reform them into something old and new is not biblical did you know that?

Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

This was the reasoning the flesh was using at Paul's time, and it is the same justification still uses in our time. But did you note in your bibles that God never reforms this world, he never speak good of it, and its practices? Nor did he say he planted Christ to work through mankind problems by placing men in important position upon earth preparing this world for his incoming kingdom? Why do you think that is missing, and why do you think all these brothers and sisters in the Greek Scriptures had to be made new if the old was to be reformed, think about it?

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator.

Ephesians 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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