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Originally Posted by OBW
All this talk about the body in very literal terms.
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OBW,
Your description of the Body of Christ sounds like you are talking about the 82nd Airborne. :rollingeyes2:
Besides the direct declaration of the Lord Jesus himself that we are members of His Body there are many examples in the Bible that are difficult to interpret any other way other than an organic life relationship - the Vine and the branches, the church being produced from Christ as Eve was from Adam, the seed and the harvest, rivers of water springing up from within the believer, the Body of Christ, etc.
However, I did agree with you specifically on one point. You said:
"And since we actually are the hands and feet (and even voice) of God on earth today, there are some analogies in that way."
That is not a small point.