-November 19, 2024-
Good morning beloved, happy Tuesday,
“For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.”
(Romans 12:4-5).
We discussed yesterday, the church is a building, founded on Christ, the Chief Cornerstone. All of us as believers are living stones in God’s spiritual house. Christ has built His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Today, we will consider that the church is also the body of Christ. Paul spends an entire chapter teaching on this in 1 Corinthians 12. He speaks of the spiritual gifts God gives to His people to employ in serving one another. Each one is important and needed.
Paul uses the human body to illustrate the various functions, ministries, and gifts in the body of Christ. Just as all the the members of a human body are important to the health and wellbeing of a person, so too, we need each other in the body of Christ to function spiritually at an optimal degree.
If one member suffers, we all suffer; if one member rejoices, we all rejoice. When we love Christ and love one another, it is vital that we pray for one another and build each other up in the Lord.
Christ is the Head of the body, and we are the members of His body. 1 Corinthians 12:18 says, “But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.” God created us as unique individuals and gave us different gifts and ministries. It is true of the whole body of Christ around the world, and well as in our local churches.
There is a beautiful hymn that we sang as young people, entitled, “They’ll Know We Are Christians.” The first verse says, “We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, we are in the Spirit we are one in the Lord, and we pray that all unity may one day we restored.” The refrain says, “And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, and they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” You can search it on the internet and find the entire text.
Have a blessed day as a member of the body of Christ, living for the Lord and serving Him in the body of Christ. Stay safe and healthy.
We need Christ and we need each other, to further His Kingdom every day, every hour.
Dean
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