Introduction: In these verses Paul transitions from our personal response to God’s mercies to our collective role as members of the body of Christ. We move from personal sacrifice, service, worship and renewal to our place amongst many others in a much larger organism known as the body of Christ. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 1. What is the body of Christ and the significance of it? It is His - We are blessed to be a part of it but it is not our own. 1 Cor 12:27 called by His - All we do goes back to Him and His name, for better or worse. Col 3:17 sustained by His power –Christ is the source of life that sustains us. John 15 and directed according to His perfect . – As the head, His body is directed according to His perfect will. Colossian 1:17-18 2. How is the Body of Christ or the church like a human body? A body has . The church is the assembly of all its parts. The church is a we and not a me. A body has parts that are . All our parts do not have the same function. We are different by design and necessity. A body has parts that are . A group of believers, even under the same roof, if they be not knit together as brothers and sisters in Christ, cannot function as the body of Christ. This unity comes from the shared life that we have in Christ (Jn 17), our common faith (Eph 4:13) and His Spirit indwelling us (Eph 4:3). A body has parts that are upon one another. By design, we need each other, to complete the puzzle. We all must humbly consider where we fit in, what our role is, how we need one another and all come together under the Lordship of Christ so that we might live this life together in Christian community.