EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY IN HIS BODY (31 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
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Everybody is Somebody in His Body (31 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
In chapters 12-14 Paul is dealing with spiritual gifts. In our last lesson, we talked about ''Serving in the Spirit.'' And the Lord has used that sermon to bring a number of new workers forward in His church. That's the power of the Word.
Last time the Spirit of God reminded us that all Christians have received a gift from God...a Divine enablement to serve Jesus. Here in the last part of 1 Corinthians chapter 12, Paul continues the theme of spiritual gifts and compares the church to a physical body. And just as the physical body is composed of a lot of body parts, each has a function and each is important, Paul says it's the same way in the body of Christ, the church.
In today's text we see that Christians not only have a gift to use but a part to play. And that everybody is somebody in His body.
1. The inspired description of His body (12-13)
There are many illustrations in the Bible to describe the church.
We are a building and He is the Chief Cornerstone
We are branches and He is the True Vine
We are a Bride and He is the Bridegroom
But here, we are a BODY and He is our head
Colossians 1:18 - He is the head of the body, the church
Why would Paul use this analogy?
A. The simple picture of His body (12)
John 1:14 - And the word became flesh...and we beheld...
1 John 4:2 - By this you know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God
2 Peter 2:24 - Christ bore our sins in His body on the tree
He touched the lepers with His hands.
He saw the lost multitude with His eyes.
He heard the cry of Bartimaeus with His ears.
He preached the gospel with His mouth.
Everything that Jesus accomplished for our redemption happened in a physical body.
Without a physical body, He could not have:
Lived a perfect life
Died a voluntary death, or
Rose a ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
In chapters 12-14 Paul is dealing with spiritual gifts. In our last lesson, we talked about ''Serving in the Spirit.'' And the Lord has used that sermon to bring a number of new workers forward in His church. That's the power of the Word.
Last time the Spirit of God reminded us that all Christians have received a gift from God...a Divine enablement to serve Jesus. Here in the last part of 1 Corinthians chapter 12, Paul continues the theme of spiritual gifts and compares the church to a physical body. And just as the physical body is composed of a lot of body parts, each has a function and each is important, Paul says it's the same way in the body of Christ, the church.
In today's text we see that Christians not only have a gift to use but a part to play. And that everybody is somebody in His body.
1. The inspired description of His body (12-13)
There are many illustrations in the Bible to describe the church.
We are a building and He is the Chief Cornerstone
We are branches and He is the True Vine
We are a Bride and He is the Bridegroom
But here, we are a BODY and He is our head
Colossians 1:18 - He is the head of the body, the church
Why would Paul use this analogy?
A. The simple picture of His body (12)
John 1:14 - And the word became flesh...and we beheld...
1 John 4:2 - By this you know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God
2 Peter 2:24 - Christ bore our sins in His body on the tree
He touched the lepers with His hands.
He saw the lost multitude with His eyes.
He heard the cry of Bartimaeus with His ears.
He preached the gospel with His mouth.
Everything that Jesus accomplished for our redemption happened in a physical body.
Without a physical body, He could not have:
Lived a perfect life
Died a voluntary death, or
Rose a ...
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