Prayer

Heavenly Father, we come before you to magnify and

glorify your name. We, as the body of Christ, give you
all the praise and honor you deserve. We pray for
unity in the body of Christ today, as we pray together
as a congregation. For we know, where two or more
are gathered in your name, you are with us, Oh Lord.
Amen.
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CHURCH BODY JESUS

 CHURCH
as
BODY OF CHRIST

“ You are the body of

Christ and each one of
you is part of it.”

- 1 Corinthians 12:27
LESSON OBJECTIVES:

Doctrine
-Explain the Church as body of Christ;

Moral
-Value the great variety of members
and its functions in the Church;

Worship
-Pray to God to possess each member
to contribute in developing unity
 Jesus the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every
branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I
have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides
in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me
and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:1-5
 Jesus the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every
branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I
have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides
in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me
and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:1-5

1. When Jesus says “I am the true vine,” what is he claiming about himself?

2. How has God provided for and cared for you? Include
your own experience.

3. What is the key to producing fruit in the life of a Christian? What

must they do in order to bear much fruit?
 The Church is communion with Jesus
From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his
own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and
gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.

Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those
who would follow him:

“Abide in me, and I in you. . .. I am the vine, you

are the branches.”

And he proclaimed a mysterious and real communion between his own

body and ours:

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides

in me, and I in him.”
 The Church is communion with Jesus

When his visible presence was taken from them, Jesus did
not leave his disciples orphans. He promised to remain
with them until the end of time; he sent them his Spirit. As
a result communion with Jesus has become, in a way, more
intense: “By communicating his Spirit, Christ mystically
constitutes as his body those brothers of his who are called
together from every nation.”
 The Church is communion with Jesus

The comparison of the Church with the body casts light

on the intimate bond between Christ and his Church.
Not only is she gathered around him; she is united in
him, in his body, of all her members with each other as
a result of their union with Christ; Christ as head of the
Body; and the Church as bride of Christ.
Body of Christ, “I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who lives in me and I in him,
will produce abundantly, for apart from me you can do nothing” (Jn. 15:5)

- Christ is the head of the body and we are its members. “You then, are the body of
Christ. Every one of you is a member of it” (1 Cor. 12:27)

- The principle of unity among the members of the body is the Holy Spirit. “It was in one
spirit that all of us, whether Jew or Greek, slave or free, were baptized into one body. All of us
have been given to drink of the one Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:13)

- The Church as Body of Christ makes the risen Lord present in the world today. We are his
hands, his loving touch, his word of comfort to the sufferings, his instrument to preach the
good news of salvation.

-Just like in the human body, the members of the Body of Christ serve different
functions, play different roles, yet all are called to manifest the greatest gifts.
ONE BODY

“In the building up of Christ’s Body, there is diversity of

members and functions. There is only one Spirit who,
according to his own richness and the needs of the
ministries, gives his different gifts for the welfare of the
Church. “ The unity of the Mystical Body produces and
stimulates charity among the faithful: From this it follows
that if one member suffers anything, all the members
suffer with him, and if one member is honored, all the
members together rejoice.” Finally, the unity of the
Mystical Body triumphs over all human divisions: “For as
many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on
Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you
are all one in Christ Jesus.”
 WE LIVE

As the Body, the church receives everything

from Christ; therefore, everything of Christ is
expressed through the church. Since we are the
Body of Christ, we experience a continual
transmission.

Everything we need, we have from Christ, and we express

Him as His fullness. The two– Christ and the church as His
Body – are mingled and joined as one, with Christ as the
inward content and the church as the outward expression
THANK YOU!
 TASKS:
❑ Q2 Worksheet #1: Activity 1-3
(Saturday)

❑ Q2 Worksheet #2: Activity 1-2

❑ Journal Writing : Lk 20:27-40
(Monday)