"By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body," 1 Corinthians 12:13.
When we were baptized into Christ, the Spirit of God worked to make us parts of the body of Christ. Assembly required. The one Spirit assembled us into the one body of Christ. Whatever disintegrated characteristic might have defined us beforehand - Jew? Greek? White? Black? Culture? Language? American? Mexican? - whoever we may have been beforehand, we all of us drank deep drafts from the one Spirit. So now, though there are many of us, we are become integral parts of something new. The Spirit fit us all into the body of Christ. His one church. His one congregation. His one kingdom.
We meet with a brother or sister today assembled by God's Spirit of grace. And we give thanks to fit perfectly together in his holy body.
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