Study Guide · Church & Holiness

The Body of Christ

In The Body of Christ, Apostle Mary Banks issues an urgent, scripturally grounded charge to believers who are serious about living as the true expression of Christ on the earth. Drawing from decades of ministry experience and direct prophetic insight, she confronts the dangerous merger between the Church and the world, tracing its root cause to a double standard that tolerates sin while still claiming the name of Christ. Across six chapters, readers are guided through the Doctrine of the New Creature, the nature of rebellion within the Body, the meaning and weight of communion, the role of the soul in salvation, and the call to self-denial. Apostle Banks unpacks key passages from 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, John, and Jude to show that the Body of Christ is not an organization or a social club but the literal flesh and bone of the Lord Jesus Christ, and must be preserved in holiness accordingly. This book challenges believers to feel the burdens of one another, to discern sin in the Body with love rather than indifference, and to understand that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. It is a clarion call for the remnant, those who delight in truth and live unto God even when it costs them everything. Ideal for mature believers, church leaders, apostolic and prophetic ministers, and anyone hungry for a deeper understanding of what it truly means to be the Church, this work is both a rebuke and an encouragement. It reminds the saints that God has never left Himself without a remnant, and that the true Body of Christ will rise, unified and holy, to manifest Christ to a watching world.

Apostle Mary Banks · 3 chapters · 17k words · 87 scripture links