It has been an amazing couple of weeks. I know that God is moving in our ministry. We have seen a number of people come to Christ and there are others that want to talk to us about a personal relationship with Christ. Another sign something is happening is that more and more people are becoming increasingly convicted over there sin.
With this conviction is coming an increasing devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and to His Church. I believe many Christians never experience all that God has for them because they do not understand that they are part of the Body of Christ. The apostle Paul called the people that were Christians the body of Christ with the head being Jesus Himself. I Corinthians 12 is a wonderful passage on this subject. Paul was telling the church at Corinth that each person who was a true believer in Jesus and had been saved was a part of the Body. Each member is extremely important to the whole. In fact, each part of the body has a specific place given by God to serve in the body just like parts of our own body.
That being said, each person has a ministry in the body. If one part of the body is missing it does not mean that the person is not a part of the body. It simply means that something is missing from the work of the ministry as a whole.
When a person is in right relationship with the head, Jesus, then the most natural place to be is with other believers. If you are not comfortable with the body then one of two things is happening. One, you could be out of the will of God and there is sin in your life. A second is that you are not really a part of the body at all. Many grow up in the church, come to the church, serve the church, give to the church, but are not truly a part of the body. If there is not personal relationship with Jesus and if this is the case then the person is in danger of hearing what Jesus said in Matthew 7. Some will be there in the end saying “didn’t we do all these things like cast out demons in your name?” and Jesus will respond to them, “Depart from me, I never new you.”
With this conviction is coming an increasing devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and to His Church. I believe many Christians never experience all that God has for them because they do not understand that they are part of the Body of Christ. The apostle Paul called the people that were Christians the body of Christ with the head being Jesus Himself. I Corinthians 12 is a wonderful passage on this subject. Paul was telling the church at Corinth that each person who was a true believer in Jesus and had been saved was a part of the Body. Each member is extremely important to the whole. In fact, each part of the body has a specific place given by God to serve in the body just like parts of our own body.
That being said, each person has a ministry in the body. If one part of the body is missing it does not mean that the person is not a part of the body. It simply means that something is missing from the work of the ministry as a whole.
When a person is in right relationship with the head, Jesus, then the most natural place to be is with other believers. If you are not comfortable with the body then one of two things is happening. One, you could be out of the will of God and there is sin in your life. A second is that you are not really a part of the body at all. Many grow up in the church, come to the church, serve the church, give to the church, but are not truly a part of the body. If there is not personal relationship with Jesus and if this is the case then the person is in danger of hearing what Jesus said in Matthew 7. Some will be there in the end saying “didn’t we do all these things like cast out demons in your name?” and Jesus will respond to them, “Depart from me, I never new you.”
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