By Elimu Assistant Team 
How the unity of believers is expressed in the body of Christ
- St. Paul describes the believers as the body of Christ
- Christ is the head of the church
- The believers form parts of the body.
- The body has different organs. In the same way, the Church has different members
- They all need to work together for the well-being of the church.
- Every part of the body is needed to make it whole /all parts are interdependent/ one part cannot be without the other.
- The different church members are given different spiritual gifts by the Holy Spirit to carry out God’s work.
- Believers are united through baptism in the Holy Spirit.
- There should be no division in the Church since all believers are members of the body of Christ
Explain how the unity of believers as expressed in the image of the bride
- Christians are the bride
- Jesus is the bridegroom.
- Christians/churches are to be committed/faithful to Christ as the bride is committed/faithful to the bridegroom.
- The church is loved by Christ just as the bridegroom loves his bride.
- The church must remain pure/holy through love/faith in Jesus as the bride keeps her purity for her husband.
- The committed Christians will be taken to a new home/heaven just as the bride is taken home by her husband.
- The union between Christ and the church will be everlasting just as the union between the bride and the bridegroom is permanent.
