I.　For the Lord's move in His recovery both locally and universally, we all need to be Body-conscious in one accord—Acts 1:14; 2:46; 4:24; 15:25; Rom. 15:6:

A.　We should always consider the Body, care for the Body, honor the Body, and do what is best for the Body—1 Cor. 12:12-27.

B.　"When Brother Nee taught about the Body he said that with whatever we do, we have to consider how the churches would feel about it" (The Problems Causing the Turmoils in the Church Life, p. 29).

II.　In the Body there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members, and members cannot live in detachment from the Body—v. 27; Rom. 12:5; Eph. 5:30:

A.　Those who see that they are members of the Body treasure the Body and honor the other members, each of whom is indispensable—1 Cor. 12:15, 21, 23-24; Rom. 12:3; Phil. 2:29; 1 Cor. 16:18; Judg. 9:9:

1.　Since we are members of the Body of Christ, we should have a feeling for the Body, taking the feeling of the Head as our own feeling—Phil. 1:8; 1 Cor. 12:25b-26.

2.　We need to be like-souled in the Body life, genuinely caring for the things of Christ Jesus, the things concerning the church with all the saints—Phil. 2:2, 20-21; 1:8.

B.　Wherever there is Body-revelation, there is Body-consciousness, and wherever there is Body-consciousness, individualistic thought and action are ruled out:

1.　If we want to know the Body, we need deliverance not only from our sinful life and our natural life but also from our individualistic life.

2.　Just as the Father is versus the world, the Spirit is versus the flesh, and the Lord is versus the devil, so also the Body is versus the individual.

3.　Just as we cannot be independent from the Head, we cannot be independent from the Body.

4.　Individualism is hateful in the sight of God:

a.　The enemy of the Body is the self, the independent "I," the independent "me"; if we would be built up in the Body, the self must be condemned, denied, rejected, and renounced—Matt. 16:21-26.

b.　We should be dependent not only on God, but also on the Body, on the brothers and sisters—Exo. 17:11-13; Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33.

5.　What I do not know, another member of the Body will know; what I cannot see, another member of the Body will see; what I cannot do, another member of the Body will do—1 Cor. 12:17-22.

6.　If we refuse the help of our fellow-members, we are refusing the help of Christ; sooner or later all individualistic Christians will dry up—v. 12.