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Contributing to the Family
Introduction: Picture of Body
He says:
If the American church should say, “because I am not African, I do not belong to the body.”
It would not for that reason cease to be part of that body.
If the Canadian church should say, “because I am not Asian, I do not belong to the body.”
It would not for that reason cease to belong to the body.”
If the whole body were European, where would the sense of joy be?
If the whole body were African, where would the sense of order be?
But in fact God has arranged the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?...
Now, Oscar Muriu uses humor, but the stark reality is far less funny.
The stark reality is that the Body of Christ today is sadly disjointed.
Ecumenical Connectivity:
Ecumenical Connectivity:
Seminary: Ecumenical question
Scene out of Cruise movie:
The problem today is that church corporate and the church local act as silos planting their flags in the ground without considering the current missions or conditions of other churches.
By doing so, the church has neglected perhaps the most effective form of outreach out there.
Rather than connectedness, wholeness, and unity, the church has suffered from disembodiment.
Congregational Connectivity:
vs. 13: Assumed diversity
Not everyone can be everything!
Introduction: Picture of Body
Significance of the Body...
: For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you.
20 years of the church!
: For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you.
20 years of the church!
20 years of the church!
Creating the Right Foundation for us as a church...
Lessons learned
Read vss.
12-14: One Body and Many Parts
Read vss.
12-14: One Body and Many Parts
Point out repetition of one and many
Stress between parts and many
How ought the one and the many operate together?
Two-Part Argument:
Two-Part Argument:
a) vss.
15-16: No part of the Body is any less part of the body
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
Foot and Ear vs. Hand and Eye
Foot and Ear with identity issues!
Function Identity Issues:
The Foot and the Ear forgot its value and envied other parts that are just as valuable!
Fingernail: Which body do you belong to?
Pinky toe: Which body do you belong to?
They all equally belong to the body.
b) vs.17: The Body Needs Parts to be a Body
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing?
If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
Oscar Muriu is a pastor and theologian from Nyrobi, Kenya.
In 2006, Oscar spoke at a conference in Chicago called Urbana, and he rephrased a Bible passage from , a passage that talks about how the parts of the Body need one another to function:
If the American church should say, “because I am not African, I do not belong to the body.”
It would not for that reason cease to be part of that body.
If the Canadian church should say, “because I am not Asian, I do not belong to the body.”
It would not for that reason cease to belong to the body.”
If the whole body were European, where would the sense of joy be?
If the whole body were African, where would the sense of order be?
But in fact God has arranged the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?...
Works on a global scale, but also on a local scale
If the nursery attendants should say, “Because I’m not leading in worship, I do not belong to ResLife...”
If the set up team should say, “Because I am not teaching the children, I do not belong to ResLife...”
If the clicker should say, “Because I am not preaching, I do not belong to ResLife.”
The Body needs parts to be a body.
What kind of Parts are we talking about?
Functional parts!
People who do stuff.
Organs don’t just exist, they are members with functions.
This is more than just people, but about how those people are operating within the body.
This is more than just people, but about how those people are operating within the body.
Stratifying the gifts can create divisions in the church.
Corinthian Church stratified the gifts which created divisions in the church.
4 Functional Groups: Vs. 22-24a
Vs. 22-24a
“Because I belong to a church plant, I do not belong to the church.”
Vs. 22-24a:
Being part of a church plant doesn’t make us any less part of the body.
Vs. 22-24a:
Weaker= indispensable
Less Honorable= Greater Honor
Unpresentable= Modesty
Presentable= Don’t require modesty, but the presentable parts require humility still.
Paul’s point:
Those who are weaker, feeling less valued, hidden away, those are the ones we need to be taken special care to pay attention to!
The church is a backwards business.
We succeed when you help your weaknesses.
We praise those who don’t receive honorable jobs:
Less Honorable= Greater Honor
Nursery, clicker, singing right on the spot: Your gifts are indispensable.
We need you to function!
Not a lot of glory attached to it!
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