PICTURE OF THE CHURCH/BODY OF CHRIST

Picture of the Church/ Body of Christ

A beautiful picture of the Body of Christ is presented in Peter’s dream in Acts 10.

(Act 10:11-16) And he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a sheet coming down to him, being bound at the four corners and let down to the earth; in which were all the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven. And a voice came to him, saying, Rise, Peter! Kill and eat! But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common. This happened three times, and the vessel was received up again into the heaven.


• Heavens opened, veil rest to Holy of Holies

• Vessel- implement, contributing to the usefulness of

• Knit at 4 corners (universal north, south , east and west) Unity
• Different animals- All manner of customs and habits
• All kind of people
• Made clean by the blood of Jesus
• All common, no one lording over another

The universal Body of Christ is One. WE ARE BOUND TOGETHER IN LOVE.

Note Rev. 2:6 “But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

The deeds of the Nicolaitans was this: Men in the priestly role began 'lord over' the people, stand in the stead of Christ, and became lords unto THEMSELVES thereby giving rise to Nicolaitanism, which means "to be victorious over the laity (people)".

There were a select group of people in the Church of Ephesus that God commended because they hated "the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate" (Rev. 2:6). The scripture does not say they hated the Nicolaitans, but that they hated the DEEDS of them, as did God. Apostle Paul as a leader in the Church never used his authority to usurp the position of Christ in the lives of people. The doctrines of the Nicolaitans were throughout the church world but the Church of Ephesus recognized it as ungodly and hated it.

We are the Body of Christ having access to the Holy Of Holies, God’s very Presence. We are knit together in unity. There are many differences in us, all kind of people made clean by the blood of Jesus. We prefer one another having all things in common not lording over another. This may be an ideal picture but true.