The Church, His Body

I have yet to read in the letters of the New Testament Paul, or John, or James, or Peter or the author of Hebrews or Luke in his account of Jesus and the beginning of the church- that "their" "church" was the only or the best.

As a matter of fact, whenever you read about the church it is always mentioned as one body of believers.
I will be honest with you, I dislike seeing the shirts or billboards that pronounce "I love my church"- or that "their" church is the best. Why? Because it's not talking about what the Bible describes as the church but a PLACE or BUILDING where a group of people meet together. This is very divisive. It's also a deception since most people have come to believe that the church is a building or a place. It's also putting one body of believers...and their pastors above the others. It's all very self-centered. The church is not a ball team. 

I often wonder if people AND pastors that pronounce their church as the best, or even the only church, really know what God says, through the Scriptures, WHO the church really is. I often think they are so busy preaching themselves they forget WHO the head of the church, Christ' body IS. 

The church is Christ's body. The church is made of those in whom Christ lives in because they have believed in Him. There is no division. 

The church is not a WHAT or a WHERE.
The church is a WHO.
His body. His bride. The household of God. 

Colossians 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church;
Ephesians 5:23
as Christ also is the head (Husband) of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:24
But as the church is subject to Christ,
Ephesians 5:25
as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Ephesians 5:27
that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
Ephesians 5:29
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
1 Timothy 3:15
but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

How about read John 17.
The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.- Jesus in communion with the Father (v 22-23)

"Will the Church, redeemed by His blood from bondage, live only unto herself, seeking only what He can do for her? Or will she be awakened to her responsibility of living up to His ultimate intention? Only as she comes under divine authority can she truly exercise authority. It must be total submission to the Head to live under the complete glad-hearted leadership of His Spirit."- Devern Fromke

The Father has a vast family of son's (children) conformed to the image of His only begotten Son. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Son who is the Head in union with His body, the church, which is the expression of Himself. The Body is a glorious temple built of living stones in which is the eternal habitation of the Holy Spirit.- Devern Fromke. 

A family of love, a body of life and and a temple of light.