1. The Edification of the Body Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

2. We Are Members of One Another The Body – One body 1 Corinthians 12:12 Ephesians 4:4 Ephesians 2:16 – Is Christ’s body Ephesians 4:12; 1:22-23; 5:23 Colossians 1:24 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

3. We Are Members of One Another The Body – Is the church Colossians 1:24; 18 Ephesians 1:22-23 – Baptism puts us into the one body 1 Corinthians 12:13 Galatians 3:27 Romans 6:3 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

4. We Are Members of One Another Many Members – Physical body has many members 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 Romans 12:4 – Christ’s body has many members 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27 Romans 12:5 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

5. We Are Members of One Another Many Members – Each individual Christian is a member of the body Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:15; 5:23 Colossians 1:18 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

6. We Are Members of One Another Many Members with different functions – Physical body and Christ’s body 1 Corinthians 12:27-30 Ephesians 4:16 Romans 12:4 1 Corinthians 12:14-25 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

7. We Are Members of One Another Every member needs to perform their function for the purpose of: – Building up the body of Christ Ephesians 4:12,16 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

8. We Are Members of One Another Every member needs to perform their function for the purpose of: – Making the body of Christ complete or whole 1 Corinthians 12:14-24 Ephesians 4:13 Ephesians 4:16 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

9. We Are Members of One Another Every member needs to perform their function for the purpose of: – The unity in the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:25 Ephesians 4:3,13 Romans 12:16 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

10. We Are Members of One Another Every member needs to perform their function for the purpose of: – Benefitting all the members 1 Corinthians 12:25-26 Romans 12:15 Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church

11. We Are Members of One Another The Bible teaches that: – The body is the church – One gets in the body through baptism – Only those in the body, the church, will be saved – Every member of the body is valuable and needed Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com Christ The Body, The Church