Part 2The Biblical Images of the Church (Body and Temple of God)

Complete the bible story with the missing word/s.

There is one body, but it has many _________. But all its many parts make up one _________. It is the same with Christ. We were all baptized by one _________. And so we are formed into one body. It didn't matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. So the body is not made up of just _________ part. It has many parts. If the whole body were an eye, how could it _________? If the whole body were an ear, how could it _________? God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. If all the parts were the _________, how could there be a body? As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.

Complete the story with the missing word/s.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit _________ in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will _________ him. For God's temple is holy, and _________ are that temple.

This refers to the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, different genders, etc.

• diversity

• fairness

• equality

This is the holiest of all places for the people of God in the Old Testament times.

• temple

• altar

• desert

This person functions like the soul, which gives life to the body.

• Holy Spirit

• Mind

• Emotions

He is the source of our unity in the Church.

• Jesus Christ

• Pope

• Peter

This term refers to person who is not Jewish and was considered an 'outsider' in the time of Jesus.

• Samarian

• Gentle

• Gentile

He was the head of the Church, whom Jesus appointed.

• Peter

• Paul

• Matthew

The members may not be equal in terms of their physical characteristics or their statuses in life, but all are equal because all are members.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Unlike the temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed, the Church, the temple of the Holy Spirit, can be destroyed by people.

• TRUE

• FALSE