THE PASTOR'S PAGE
1Co 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
1Co 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not
I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Co 12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;is it therefore, not of the body?
1Co 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1Co 12:18 But now hath God set the members everyone of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Each member has its particular form, place, and use.а All the members of the body are, in some respect, useful and necessary to each other.а The members of the natural body are made to have a care and concern for each other, to prevent a schism in it.а So should it be in ChristТs body; the members should sympathize with. As in the natural body the pain of the one parts afflicts the whole, the ease and pleasure one part affect the whole, so should Christian reckons themselves honored in the honors of the fellow-
Christians, and should suffer in their sufferings.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS WE NEED EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GODТS FAMILY OF FRIEND
God offers you a family of friends and friends who are familyЧHis church.
When you transfer your trust into Christ, he not only pardons you; He places you in his family of friends.
УFamilyФ far and away outpaces any other biblical term to describe the church. УBrothersФ or Уbrothers and sistersФ appears a whopping 148 times between the book of acts and the book of Revelation.
God heals his family through his family.а In the church we use our gift to love each other, honor one another, keep an eye on troublemakers, and carry each others burdens.
Max Lucado