The Behaviour of Christ's Body – 01

Christ The Human and The Head

Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

During His Incarnation, Jesus went about doing only good in every facet of His life. “The whole story of his life was nothing else but a catalogue of good works. You find him everywhere going up and down upon this errand, that he might give sight to the blind, limbs to the lame, health to the sick, liberty to the possessed, life to the dead. You will find him either feeding the hungry or healing the diseased, and having compassion on them that are faint, and raising the dead.” Manton, T. (1874). The Complete Works of Thomas Manton (Vol. 20, p. 364). James Nisbet & Co.

While on Earth, godly behaviour was entrusted to Jesus, and He was careful to manifest glorious perfection in His body - the fullness of Him who fills all in all (Eph 1:23). Now that Jesus is ascended (Acts 1:8-11), His Churches are entrusted with His witness both in terms of pointing back to His unique life; and in terms of seeking to display the fullness of Christ to the Earth in our bodily presence.

Now are ye the Body of Christ and its members in particular (1 Cor 12:27). No single Christian can fulfill this calling. Indeed, no Church will every reach the fulness of Him that filleth all in all. But we are exhorted to grow up into Him in all things which is the Head (Eph 4:15) for we are presently the Body of Christ in a very meaningful way. The collective behaviour of the various members of any Church become the practical expression of the Behaviour of Christ’s Body in that location for good or bad.

God help us to not blaspheme the name of Jesus! (Titus 2:5; 1 Tim 6:1)