Many Parts, One Body!
Just as our
bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with
Christ’s body. We are many parts of one
body, and we all belong to each other.--------Romans 12:4-5
This passage
of Scripture is part of a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians
in Rome. Paul is encouraging them to let
their bodies be a living sacrifice to God.
He gives them the example of a human body compared to the body of
Christ, which consists of the bodies of BELIEVERS.
Just like
the human body, which has many different parts and each part has a different
function. So it is with the body of Christ.
Your foot can’t do the function of the ear nor can your hand do the function
of the eye, nor can all the body parts do the same function. They are DIFFERENT parts with DIFFERENT
functions.
In the body
of Christ we all have different functions.
Some would be like the foot, some would be like the hand, others might
be the arm and still others would be like the leg, yet they would ALL make up
the same body.
In the body
of Christ, we have some who are teachers, some who are preachers, some who are
singers, some who are prayer-warriors, and some who are organizers, they are many
different functions of the body of
Christ, but they ALL function TOGETHER, because they are ONE body.
What kind of
body would we have if everyone was a preacher or a singer, what could that
accomplish. God in His infinite wisdom,
has a plan for the body of Christ and it is not based on one part of that body,
but ALL of the parts, working together to accomplish His will. That is what is known as UNITY. We can’t possibly accomplish His will without
UNITY in the body of Christ. So we must
work TOGETHER to be able to accomplish anything. It is EXTREMELY important that we have UNITY
in the body of Christ, if it is to function at all. So BELIEVERS, let’s work TOGETHER, in UNITY
to accomplish God’s will and to please Him.
If you have
never given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus then you are not part of the body of
Christ, but you are like a foot, without a body, with no purpose or
function. You can change that an become
a part of the body of Christ and be a part that has purpose and function,
by: CONFESSING your sins to God and
asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died
for YOU, and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then
ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and become a part of the body of Christ, working
with other BELIEVERS to accomplish the will of God. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He’s waiting!!!
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