One Body In Christ

Eph. 2:7, “That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”

Eph. 5:30, “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.”

1 Cor. 12:12, “For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.”

Rom. 12:5, “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”

1 Cor. 12:25, “That there should be no schism (division) in the body; but that the members should have the same care for one another.”

1 Cor. 12:21, “And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.”

Eph. 4:25, “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.”

Someone once said, "It is not sufficient for you to be interested with Christ alone, to the exclusion of the Church." He is the Head of His Body, and you cannot separate the head from the body; it would be death. God is interested in the Body of Christ, and the Scriptures tell us what the Body of Christ is and how it is governed. In the present age, there is the Body upon this earth, forming for the Lord's glory to be a companion in the glory (Col. 1:27); and this One Body is the Church of God (Jhn. 17:11, 21-22; Eph. 4:4-7), that even as the first Adam had His Eve, so the last Adam has His (1 Cor. 15:45-47).

This is the great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the Church (Eph. 5:32). The bride, the Lamb's wife (Rev. 21:9).