1 Corinthians 12 describes the church as the Body of Christ. Are we truly living as a connected church family, or simply meeting in the same place each week? Being part of a body means more than showing up\u2014it means caring for one another, valuing every person\u2019s role, using the gifts God gives, and sharing both the joys and struggles of life together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. 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.<\/em> 1 Corinthians 12:12-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, \u201cI am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,\u201d that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, \u201cI am not part of the body because I am not an eye,\u201d would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, \u201cI don\u2019t need you.\u201d The head can\u2019t say to the feet, \u201cI don\u2019t need you.\u201d<\/em> 1 Corinthians 12:14-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. <\/em>1 Corinthians 12:22-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.<\/em> 1 Corinthians 12:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Corinthians 12 describes the church as the Body of Christ. Are we truly living as a connected church family, or simply meeting in the same place each week? Being part of a body means more than showing up\u2014it means caring for one another, valuing every person\u2019s role, using the gifts God gives, and sharing both the joys and struggles of life together. Are We A Body, Or Just People In The Same Room The human body has many parts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[125],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[83],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12097","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_book-1-corinthians","ctc_sermon_speaker-tommy-sprinkle","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12104,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12097\/revisions\/12104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Are We Functioning Or Fractured<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Do We Value Different Gifts, Or Do We Rank Them<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What Happens When On Part Suffers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n