Spiritual Gifts an Exercise in Unity
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12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
The Church is not a health club that you are a member of and receive services from, Rather it is an embassy of the Kingdom of God. We have a King, His name is Jesus.
em•bas•sy \ˈem-bə-sē\ noun
plural -sies [Middle French ambassee, ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ambaht service] 1534
1: a body of diplomatic representatives specifically: one headed by an ambassador
2 a: the function or position of an ambassador
b: a mission abroad undertaken officially especially by an ambassador
3: EMBASSAGE 1
4: the official residence and offices of an ambassador
The Church is who you are, not where your at. by this I don’t mean that you don’t have to go to church, I mean as I am a Nichols. when I go to a family event doesn't make me one, it is who I am.
The analogy the Apostle Paul uses is the body.
one of the reasons we do the Sunday night out reach is not so that we can eat, its rather its so that we build relationship, and relationship with people who are lost or people who have never had a relationship inside Church.
there is a difference between attending Church, and participating
1) Gifting is individual empowerment but has a global impact.
1) Gifting is individual empowerment but has a global impact.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
The Church is not a health club that you are a member of and receive services from, Rather it is an embassy of the Kingdom of God. We have a King, His name is Jesus.
em•bas•sy \ˈem-bə-sē\ noun
plural -sies [Middle French ambassee, ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ambaht service] 1534
1: a body of diplomatic representatives specifically: one headed by an ambassador
2 a: the function or position of an ambassador
b: a mission abroad undertaken officially especially by an ambassador
3: EMBASSAGE 1
4: the official residence and offices of an ambassador
The analogy the Apostle Paul uses is the body.
Unity and Diversity in One Body
we are all Individuals, the bible is clear on this.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
(NKJV)
13 For You formed my inward parts;
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
Marvelous are Your works,
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
And that my soul knows very well.
Marvelous are Your works,
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
And that my soul knows very well.
Marvelous are Your works,
God gave us some things:
God gave us some things:
And that my soul knows very well.
1.God decided our personality.
1.God decided our personality.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
2. God knows the end from the beginning; so He knows our story. Often times our stories determine our passion and compassion.
2. God knows the end from the beginning; so He knows our story. Often times our stories determine our passion and compassion.
When I was made in secret,
3.He gave us gifts.
3.He gave us gifts.
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
4.He placed us in the body of Christ.
4.He placed us in the body of Christ.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
unity is not uniformity.
And in Your book they all were written,
expound
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.