THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
TEXT:
I Corinthians 12:12-31
12: Just
as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so
it is with Christ.
13:
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or
Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14:
Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15: Now
if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,”
it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
16:
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the
body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
17:
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the
whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18:
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he
wanted them to be.
19:
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20:
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21:
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to
the feet, “I don’t need you!”
22:
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are
indispensable,
23:
and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And
the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
24:
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body
together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
25:
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have
equal concern for each other.
26:
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every
part rejoices with it.
27:
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
28:
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of
different kinds of tongues.
29:
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30:
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
31:
Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most
excellent way.
(New International Version Holy
Bible)
TOPIC:
ONE BODY, MANY PARTS
A
believer is required to come to Jesus by faith for his or her salvation. But
the moment that relationship is established in and with Jesus Christ, the same
believer ceases to be an independent soul that goes on living alone for himself
or herself.
Every
believer is a part of the whole with Jesus Christ as the sole head just as the
human body comprises different parts performing different functions for the
good of the rest of the body.
The
believers' diversity can be found in our various gifts from the Holy Spirit and
the different roles we play in our ministries and offices. It means that no
human being is created by accident or without a plan and purpose.
So,
every believer must discover what their gifts are and put them to use for the
common good of the members of the body of Christ.
QUESTION:
To what extent has your spiritual gift benefitted others?
PRAYER:
O Lord, I pray that You give me the power of discernment to identify my
spiritual gift and use it to glorify You, in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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