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Introduction
Take your Bible and turn to 1 Corinthians 12.
We will pick up right from where we left off last week.
So, note our text from last week’s message again.
In these verses, the Holy Spirit draws our attention to two essential facts concerning each local church.
In fact, His statements are not what we would have expected.
As we learned from this text, God highly values “feeble” members.
The Holy Spirit heavily emphasizes how all members are essential to Him and the local church’s operation.
Each is extremely necessary as the body operates each day.
The eye needs and relies upon the hand.
In the same vein, the head depends upon the feet.
Therefore, every person who attends and associates with Calvary Baptist Church is a necessary part of our operation as a local church.
I ended last week’s message with how God uses the weak to confound the strong and the foolish to confound the wise.
As I said before, God highly values the “feeble” members.
The word “feeble” means sick, sickly, or impotent.
We also find the terms “comely” and “uncomely” in those verses and today’s text.
Essentially, the Holy Spirit refers to members of a local church who struggle with physical, mental, and social issues.
It would seem to many on the outside that such people have very little to offer.
It is amazing how God sees things differently than we do.
In God’s eyes, those who seem weak outwardly are in the perfect position to be used by God.
They are precious to Him.
Consequently, we must value and honor them as a local church.
We must encourage, love, and build them up (edify).
That is the intent of verse 23.
Now, this morning, we move on to the following three verses.
Let’s continue reading.
As you can see, the Holy Spirit is sticking with this subject of the local church being a physical representation of His body.
In an authentic sense, we are the physical presence of Christ right now in this world.
Think about it this way!
Each believer possesses His Spirit within them.
We are called of Him to be His witness and ambassador to this world.
He expects us to live as salt and light reflecting His desire to see souls saved and rescued.
Christ also designated the local church as how we are to operate.
Remember that many hands make light work.
A principle established by God through the creation of the local church.
Many believers working in unity make light work and, by the way, accomplish much for Him.
We can conclude then that we are His physical representation on earth.
Each local church that genuinely follows the teaching of Scripture is Christ’s body. 1 Corinthians 12 becomes the textbook chapter on how we are to operate as His body.
We are many members, but one body.
The fantastic news of this chapter is that God has given each believer a spiritual gift.
Regardless of the world’s determination, every member is a necessary and valuable member of His body, the local church.
This is where “comely” and “uncomely” comes into play.
The “comely” means fair, beautiful, or becoming.
The opposite is the word “uncomely.”
It is unbecoming, a reference to something not for public display.
Within each body are comely and uncomely parts.
Some valuable features are often displayed publically (i.e., nose, ears, eyes, hands, etc.).
On the other hand, some body parts are not displayed publically (i.e., heart, liver, lungs, etc.)
All are important.
Without lungs, we cannot breathe.
The lungs are hidden but extremely necessary.
Again, we must give “honor” or attention to those unseen parts more than the ones seen.
We must care for our heart, lungs, and other unseen body organs to be physically fit.
However, today’s focus is this.
The Holy Spirit brings us to these two points for today.
Here is the first one.
God’s Unique Blending Process
The key phrase in this verse is “hath tempered…together.”
In simple Greek, it means to assemble in a unified whole by mixing or combining different parts.
In other words, it means to mix ingredients for a recipe.
What is interesting about this phrase is the fact it is used only two times in the New Testament.
The other use is found in Hebrews 4:2, which says...
Note that the gospel was not “mixed” with faith.
The gospel was heard, but it was of no profit because it lacked one key ingredient.
There was no faith.
It is sorta like making a cake that is missing sugar.
It looks good on the outside, but you know something is wrong when you bite into it.
Thus, the illustration in Hebrews, the gospel is of no profit to a person unless they have faith believing it with their whole heart.
In our text, the context is spiritual gifts and the local church.
Each local church is a called-out assembly of believers who unite to worship and serve the Lord as His faithful witnesses.
Thus, God blends each local church with just the right people with specific spiritual gifts needed for that local assembly.
In doing so, there are comely and uncomely parts.
Remember again that the Holy Spirit is using the human body analogy.
The human body is a fantastic machine divinely created by God.
The human body contains 206 different bones, 650 different muscles, and 78 organs.
As noted, some of the comelyparts are the nose, eyes, hands, ears, hair, and skin.
The uncomelydetails (inward and hidden) are the heart, lungs, etc.
Now, think about it.
God designed a body with many different parts, yet it all works seamlessly together.
The human body is the epitome of synergy, energy, and unity.
From the moment a baseball player steps up to the plate, his entire body works with great synergy to hit that three-inch ball.
From his cranium to his metatarsals (head to foot), every square inch overflows with parts and systems observing and taking in information.
All five senses utilize 206 bones, 650 muscles, and 78 organs.
As the baseball player stands at the plate, he knows the exact position of his hands and legs, even though he can’t see them.
When the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand, his practice-trained brain sends signals to his arms, legs, and torso timing his swing at the right moment and in the exact location.
At that moment, the fluid in his ears moves around, ensuring that he stays balanced as he spins his whole body.
Then, crack!
The ball explodes off the bat, soaring into the air and flying over 350 feet over the outfield wall for a home run.
What a fantastic machine God created!
There is no way our bodies just happened to evolve from nothing into what we have today.
In fact, believing in evolution takes way more faith than believing in Divine creation.
That is not the point of our text today, but our point is this.
God “blended” the body by mixing ingredients, creating an incredible body.
It is the reason the Psalmist cried out...
Each of us is “fearfully” and “wonderfully” made.
It was God who made us.
He designed and created us.
Even in the womb, He developed every single person sitting here today.
He perfectly blended you, making you who you are today.
In our text, the Holy Spirit says the same thing about the local church.
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