What is the one body of Christ made up of?
The one body of Christ consists of all believers of the Gospel of Grace, many members from every location and station in life, who together form one spiritual organism in Christ, with every member belonging to one another. It is a Pauline term used exclusively for this spiritual makeup.
Les teaches that the Body of Christ is a Pauline term used exclusively for believers of the Gospel of Grace, not the Gospel of the Kingdom, which was Jewish. He explains that all members do not have the same office, just as fingers, toes, eyes, and ears have different intrinsic purposes. Quoting verse 5, believers of the Gospel of Grace, being many, are one body in Christ and members one of another. He illustrates with missionaries in Bolivia whose believers are in the same body as believers in Oklahoma and America—all members of the same organism, a spiritual makeup of believers from wherever they are and whatever station in life. He says this is crucial to understand.