"So we, who being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of
one another."  Romans 12:5

Last week we looked at the individual Believer and I can best sum it up with
Romans 8:30,
"And whom He (God) predestined, these He also called; and whom He called,
these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."

However, God's plan did not stop with many individual Believers, He has a
more magnificent purpose.  He has made us into one body in Christ as we see
in our opening verse.  Just as our individual bodies are made up of many
parts, so too, is the body of Christ made up of many members.
"Now you are Christ's body, and individual members of it."
1 Corinthians 12:27

Christ is the head:
"And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence."
Colossians l:18

"...We are no longer to be children...but speaking the truth in love, we are
to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ."
Ephesians 4:14-15

"...Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body."
Ephesians 5:23

And this Body is the Church! The true Church of God.
"And He (God) put all things in subjection under His (Christ's) feet, and
gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the
fullness of Him who fills all in all."  Ephesians 1:22-23

Not a church built of mortar and brick, but the true Church is spiritual.
"You also, as living stones are being built up as a spiritual house..."
1 Peter 2:5

The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:19-22,
Now, therefore, you are...members of the household of God, having been built
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being
the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together,
grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built
together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit."

Individuals yet one Body, the Church! 'Called according to His purpose'!!
Let us rejoice in the Lord always for we are His.  So we sing:
"Bless the Lord oh my soul,
Bless the Lord oh my soul,
And all that is within me,
Bless His holy name!"   Amen.