"A Through View of the Body of Christ"

A portion from "A Through View of the Body of Christ"

[After regeneration] we are no longer individual persons,but members of the Body of Christ.Hence,we must not be disconnected from the Body.No member must be disconnected from the Body;once disconnected,the members are finished.Today every one of us is a member;a member of the Body of Christ.This Body of Christ is the church.Why do i say the Body and not the church?Because the church is a gathering,but the Body is an organism.A congregation can be dismissed,but a body cannot be disconnected.You may stop coming to meetings,but you must not be disconnected form the Body.It may be possible sometimes to miss the meetings,but once the Body is disconnected,it is finished....Those who are in the meetings may not be in the Body,but those who are in the Body are definitely in the meetings....Those who are disconnected from the Body will definitely not come to the meetings.Therefore,being absent from the meetings may be somewhat risky;if you are not careful,you may soon be disconnected from the Body.Not coming to the meetings is close to being disconnected.
The church is a kind of congregation,but the Body is a matter of life.All of us have life,but if we say that each one of us has been joined to the church,it is not so accurate.The real significance is that we have become the members of the Body of Christ,posseseing the same life and needing one another.This is to be members one of another.Therefore,whatever we do must be in the Body,joined to the Body,and regulated by the Body,because we are one Body.This is a wonderful matter.