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Theme: Live in and preserve the unity God has created.

God has made us members of one another.

1. The Holy Spirit has baptized us into Christ's body, His church. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 27; Galatians 3:26-27; see also Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Titus 3:5)
2. We are united in one body. (Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-16, 20; Ephesians 2:14-18; 4:4)

God's dynamics of believers being members of one another.

1. We are interdependent. (Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-5, 12-21, 20-21, 26)
2. We are placed where and as God wants us. (1 Corinthians 12:18, 28; Ephesians 4:1-16; cf. Romans 15:2; 1 Corinthians 4:1-7, 21)
3. We are to be humble. (Romans 12:3; 15:2; 1 Corinthians 12:22-26; Ephesians 4:2; Philippians 2:1-8)
4. We are to preserve the unity God has given us. (Ephesians 4:3)