The saved relationship is viewed in several different ways in the New Testament. Each figure emphasizes the headship of Christ and the subjection of the saved.Acts 2:47John 3:5I Corinthians 12:13Galatians 5:4Ephesians 2:21John 10:4Christ is:Head of the church (Ephesians 1:22King of the kingdom (Acts 2:36Head of the body (Colossians 1:18Son over the house (Hebrews 3:6High Priest in the temple (Hebrews 3:1Shepherd of the sheepfold (John 10:14There is one:KingdomBodyHouseTempleSheepfoldHow many churches?The same ones who:Are citizens in the kingdomAre members of the body…You are not:In the kingdom unless you have been born (John 3:5.I Corinthians 12:13Each is depicting the saved relationshipTherefore one gets into the church the same way he gets into the kingdom or into the house or into the temple or into the sheepfold or into the body.Once cannot be saved unless he is in the one body.The only way one can get into the body is to be baptized into it (I Corinthians 12:13.Therefore one is baptized into the saved relationship.
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