Just as the body of man is but one, so is the Body of Christ but one

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?

If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body.” (I Cor. 12:12-20)

Key points: 1. There is only one Body of Christ but many members 2. There is only one Guide in the Body of Christ 3. God has placed us into the Body where we can function best

Just as our body is composed of many bones and muscles, with tendons and ligaments that join the different parts of the body, thereby enabling it to move and do its work, we are called to be the same. There are many parts of the body but each part is not the whole body. The ear, no matter how good it is in hearing, the nose, no matter how great looking and smelling it is, and the eyes, no matter how vibrant it may look or attractive it can be, all of these parts of the body are just that, parts and not the whole body.

Jesus called Himself as the Head of the Body, and throughout the ages, He has been filling and building up His Body, now we are at the last stages of this process of building up, we are the feet of Christ in relation to the ages and the whole Body of Christ in generations past. As feet, we are called more than the eye, the ear, the nose or the mouth or the hands to move and bring heaven on earth to all nations (see Rom 10:15; 16:20; 1 Cor 15:25). The church is the house of God, the gate of heaven where the Lord can meet His people so that they can impact their communities (see Gen 28: 17; 1 Cor 3:17; 2 Cor 6:16).

If we are a functioning member of His Body, then we are supposed to be growing up like Him, becoming like Him and His ministry is summed up in this, that we too were sent “to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners” (Isaiah 61:1).