In what sense are believers members of Christ's body, flesh, and bones?
Believers are members of Christ’s body, flesh, and bones in the sense of being united with Him, just as husband and wife are joined and become one flesh. As Gentile believers, they are made one with Christ, forming His body, the church, which He loved and cleanses by the Word.
Les teaches that believers are members of Christ’s body, flesh, and bones because they have been united with Him, just as husband and wife are joined and become one flesh. This union is illustrated by marriage: no man ever hated his own flesh but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord does the church. Christ loved the church, gave Himself for it, and sanctifies and cleanses it with the washing of water by the Word, not baptismal water, so that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, holy and without blemish. Paul writes concerning Christ and the church, the body. Believers now have an innate desire to please the head. Peter had not yet grasped the full impact that Gentile believers are made one with Christ.
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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What does it mean that we are members of His body, His flesh, and His bones?
In the spiritual realm believers have become totally integrated with Christ Himself—members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.