What is my Place in the Body? How do I fit in?
Richard Bradley
I Corinthians 12:12-20
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? NKJV
Why do people join the church of which they're currently a member? Some were raised in that church. Some joined because of the influence of family members or friends? Some joined because they believed their church was the one that could most effectively meets their needs. There are a wide variety of reasons for joining churches but only one really good one; because God wants us there.
Why would God want us in certain churches and not others? God knows what He has gifted us to do and He also knows where that church is in which we can most effectively serve Him. Our place in the body must always be one of service. Take a look this morning at why this is so.
OUR PLACE IN THE BODY IS ONE OF SERVICE BECAUSE WE ARE INDEBTED TO GOD'S GRACE
13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
God redeemed every one of us exactly the same way. The unmerited favor of God made it possible for us to share in a common salvation. We w ...
Richard Bradley
I Corinthians 12:12-20
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? NKJV
Why do people join the church of which they're currently a member? Some were raised in that church. Some joined because of the influence of family members or friends? Some joined because they believed their church was the one that could most effectively meets their needs. There are a wide variety of reasons for joining churches but only one really good one; because God wants us there.
Why would God want us in certain churches and not others? God knows what He has gifted us to do and He also knows where that church is in which we can most effectively serve Him. Our place in the body must always be one of service. Take a look this morning at why this is so.
OUR PLACE IN THE BODY IS ONE OF SERVICE BECAUSE WE ARE INDEBTED TO GOD'S GRACE
13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
God redeemed every one of us exactly the same way. The unmerited favor of God made it possible for us to share in a common salvation. We w ...
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