Hymn: We’re gathered here, O Lord, as Thy one Body

We’re gathered here, O Lord, as Thy one Body:
Though we be many, yet we all are one.
We share Thy life and own that we are members,
And thus within, in life we all are one.

There is one Body in this universe,
And we express it here on earth;
We stand as one in each locality
For all to see, for all to see.

There is one loaf, the symbol of Thy body:
’Twas broken so that all the saints may share.
We eat this bread and, as we are partaking,
Our actual oneness with all saints declare.

One bread, one cup are now upon the table,
Showing that we can be naught else but one.
Christ has redeemed us, made us His own Body:
What can we say but, “Amen, Lord, we’re one!”

We stand as one, and cannot be divided,
Because our oneness is of Christ alone.
We eat as one: one loaf, one cup partaking,
And thus our oneness visibly is shown.

Oh, what a joy to have this blessed oneness!
We sense that Thou, O Lord, art satisfied;
And we too share this blissful satisfaction—
Sweet foretaste of the Bridegroom with His Bride.

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Oct 4 2026

London, United Kingdom

First Lord’s Table in Esch-sur-Alzette.

Christ is the head

We are one body of Christ

Hallelujah

We’re gathered here, O Lord, as Thy one Body:

Though we be many, yet we all are one.

We share Thy life and own that we are members,

And thus within, in life we all are one.

There is one Body in this universe,

And we express it here on earth;

We stand as one in each locality

For all to see, for all to see.

Sep 20 2026

Robert Schodowski

Gdańsk, Poland

Oh, what a joy to have this blessed oneness!

It's O Lord for your and our full satisfaction.

Nov 23 2025

Eric Z.

San Diego, California, United States

Amen! We stand as one, and we cannot be divided!!!!!!!!

Aug 25 2025

Un Hermano

8. Members of Christ

as the Head of the Body

We have seen that we are brothers of Christ as the firstborn Son of God. Now we need to see that we are members of Christ as the Head of the Body. In 1 Corinthians 6:15 Paul asks, “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? ” Because we are organically united with Christ and because Christ dwells in our spirit ( 2 Tim. 4:22 ) and makes His home in our heart ( Eph. 3:17 ), our entire being, including our purified body, becomes a member of Him. To practice such membership we need to offer our body to Him ( Rom. 12:1 , 4-5 ).

First Corinthians 6:17 indicates that we are organically united with Christ. To be one spirit with the Lord is to enter into an organic union with Him, to be united with Him organically. This organic union makes it possible for our bodies to be the members of Christ. Christ indwells our spirit, and from our spirit He spreads throughout our entire being, thereby making His home in our heart. Furthermore, according to Romans 8:11 , from our inner being He seeks to impart Himself as life into our physical body. Therefore, Christ spreads from the spirit to the soul and from the soul to the body. In this way our bodies become His members.

a. Produced Out of Him to Be His Parts

As members of Christ, we are produced out of Him to be His parts ( Eph. 5:30-32 ). In Ephesians 5:30 Paul says that we are members of Christ’s Body. This indicates that we are members of Christ, parts of Christ. According to our natural constitution, we cannot be members of Christ’s Body. Christ Himself is the element, the factor, that makes us parts of Him. Hence, in order to be parts of Christ as members of His Body, we must have Christ wrought into our being.

In Ephesians 5:31 and 32 Paul goes on to say, “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church. ” Christ and the church being one spirit ( 1 Cor. 6:17 ), as typified by the husband and wife being one flesh, are the great mystery. The first couple in the Bible, Adam and Eve, present a picture of this. According to the book of Genesis, God did not create man and woman at the same time and in the same way. First God formed man’s body from the dust of the ground. Then He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul ( Gen. 2:7 ). Later, in order to produce a counterpart for Adam, “the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam” ( Gen. 2:21 ). While Adam slept, the Lord took one of Adam’s ribs and used it for the building of a woman ( Gen. 2:22 , lit. ). In life, nature, and form the woman was the same as the man. Therefore, when God brought the woman to Adam, Adam exclaimed that she was “bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh” ( Gen. 2:23 ).

Because there was no counterpart for Christ in the created universe, God caused Christ to die on the cross. As He “slept” there, His side was opened, and blood and water came forth ( John 19:34 ). Because in Genesis 2 the problem of sin had not come in, that chapter mentions only the rib that was taken out of Adam; it says nothing about blood. But John 19 speaks of blood, which solves the problem of sin. The water signifies the flowing life of Christ, the eternal life, which produces the church. This life is also typified by the rib. According to John 19 , not one of the Lord’s bones was broken when He was on the cross. This was a fulfillment of the Scripture which said, “Not a bone of Him shall be broken” (see Psa. 34:20 ). The unbroken bone of Christ signifies Christ’s unbreakable eternal life. Hence, Adam’s rib typifies the unbreakable eternal life of Christ. It is with this eternal life that we are produced out of Christ to be His parts. The fact that Eve had the same life and nature as Adam signifies that, as members of Christ, we have the same life and nature Christ has. Furthermore, together Adam and Eve made a complete unit. In the same principle, Christ and the church make a complete unit. The church is Christ’s other half. Adam and Eve became one flesh, but Christ and the church are one spirit.

The Conclusion of the

New Testament:

Message 103 (LSM)

Jun 15 2025

Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

There’s only one Body in this universe, we stand together as one in each locality, oh what a joy to have this oneness.

Oct 11 2024

Edu Hilary

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Beautiful 😍

Sep 8 2024

Nathan David Reilly

Sep 1 2024

Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Praise the Lord!

We stand as one, and cannot be divided, Because our oneness is of Christ alone.

Jul 28 2024

Pedro Menéndez

Bayamon, P.R., United States

The only way we can be really one is by the application of the cross and the power of Christ's resurrection. His power of resurrection is sufficient for us. He gives us the cross to bear, but He also supports us with the power of His resurrection. It is in this way that we are transformed. Paul said that he desired to know Christ and the power of His resurrection that he might be conformed to Christ's death (Phil. 3:10). We should live and serve not by our natural power, but by the power of Christ's resurrection.

Source: The Constitution and the Building Up of the Body of Christ, chapter 6.

May 19 2024

Cheryl

Taipei, Taiwan

We stand as one, and cannot be divided,

Because our oneness is of Christ alone.

We eat as one: one loaf, one cup partaking,

And thus our oneness visibly is shown.

The believers are supported with the power of Christ's resurrection in long-suffering, in the uniting bond of peace, and in all the positive needs for joining together and knitting together and for the rich supply of every joint and the operation in measure of each one part. This means that in the church life, we have to be one. You have to be joined to me and I have to be joined to you. In the Lord's recovery, all of the races with all the different colors—white, black, yellow, brown, and red—are blended together. The peoples of this earth are all so different. How could all these peoples be one Body? There is one Body in the universe, and we express it here on earth for all to see (see chorus of Hymns, #1107). We do not want people to see divisions or opinions. This is why we need to be joined together and knit together.

The only way we can be really one is by the application of the cross and the power of Christ's resurrection. His power of resurrection is sufficient for us. He gives us the cross to bear, but He also supports us with the power of His resurrection. It is in this way that we are transformed. Paul said that he desired to know Christ and the power of His resurrection that he might be conformed to Christ's death (Phil. 3:10). We should live and serve not by our natural power, but by the power of Christ's resurrection.

The Constitution and the Building Up of the Body of Christ, chapter 6 (LSM)

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