With Jesus' resurrection, who is the Firstborn and Head of the body.
The first member of His spiritual body on earth was Mary Magdalene, who first saw Him and believed on His resurrection from the dead.
Jesus builds His church body upon believing Him and His resurrection from the heart, when given by His Spirit to do so.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Jesus was believed on by His disciples as being resurrected from the dead, and also gave His apostles commandments for His church, before He ascended to heaven:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen.
None of His people, and members of His body on earth, recieved the Holy Ghost baptism until the day of Pentecost:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
But they were already born of God by His Spirit, when receiving Him by faith:
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Being born of God, and having the Holy Ghost with power come upon us is not the same thing: though it can be at the save time.
Cornelius was born of the Spirit and baptized with the Spirit so soon as he was believing the gospel of Jesus that Peter was preaching to him and his household. (Acts 10)
The first member of His spiritual body on earth was Mary Magdalene, who first saw Him and believed on His resurrection from the dead.
Jesus builds His church body upon believing Him and His resurrection from the heart, when given by His Spirit to do so.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Jesus was believed on by His disciples as being resurrected from the dead, and also gave His apostles commandments for His church, before He ascended to heaven:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen.
None of His people, and members of His body on earth, recieved the Holy Ghost baptism until the day of Pentecost:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
But they were already born of God by His Spirit, when receiving Him by faith:
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Being born of God, and having the Holy Ghost with power come upon us is not the same thing: though it can be at the save time.
Cornelius was born of the Spirit and baptized with the Spirit so soon as he was believing the gospel of Jesus that Peter was preaching to him and his household. (Acts 10)
