The Bible teaches “There is one body . . .” (Ephesians 4:4).  What is the one body?  “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all” (1:22-23). Paul is teaching exactly what Jesus Christ taught.  Our Lord said he wold build his church (Matthew 16:18), which is the one body!  The Book of Ephesians teaches that there is ONE CHURCH (4:4).  It is built upon the one foundation, Jesus Christ (2:20).  Christ died for the church:  “. . . even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it” (5:25).  Jesus is savior of the body (5:23).  Jesus is head of the church:  “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him be the head over all things to the church” (1:22).  Jesus loves his body, the church:  “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church . . . For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church” (5:25, 29). The church is under the authority of Christ:  “Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ . . .” (5:24).  We are reconciled to God in the one body:  “And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby” (2:16).  We can be members of this body:  “For we are members of his body . . .” (5:30).  We are sanctified and cleansed.  “That he might

“Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God” (Romans 11:22). The goodness of the Godhead is demonstrated in such passages as John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” The severity of God can be seen in Hebrews 12:29: “For our God is a consuming fire.” The wrath of God is consistent with His being: The Divine wrath is to be regarded as the natural expression of the Divine nature, which is absolute holiness, manifesting itself against the willful, highhanded, deliberate, inexcusable sin and iniquity of mankind. God’s wrath is always regarded in the Scripture as the just, proper, and natural expression of His holiness and righteousness which must always, under all circumstances, and at all costs be maintained. It is therefore a righteous indignation and compatible with the holy and righteous nature of God (Numbers 11:1-10; Deuteronomy 29:27; 2 Samuel 6:7; Isaiah 5:25; 42:25; Jeremiah 44:6; Psalm 79:6). The element of love and compassion is always closely connected with God’s anger; if we rightly estimate the Divine anger we must unhesitatingly pronounce it to be but the expression and measure of that love (Jeremiah 10:24; Ezekiel 23; Amos 3:2). (The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. v, p. 3113). Jesus was given all authority by God the Father (Matthew 28:18). God the Father recognizes Jesus as the righteous judge (2 Timothy 4:1). The New Testament has many references about the wrath of Christ and the coming judgment.