Monday, September 12, 2016

We, The BODY Of Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Now concerning Spiritual Gifts, Brethren (Believers), I (Believers) do NOT want YOU (Believers) to be ignorant: YOU (Believers) KNOW that YOU (Believers) WERE Gentiles (Unbelievers), CARRIED AWAY to these dumb idols, however YOU (Believers) were led.  Therefore, I (Believers) MAKE KNOWN to YOU (Believers) that NO ONE, SPEAKING BY The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of GOD (GOD Almighty) calls Jesus accursed, and NO ONE can say that Jesus (Jesus Christ) IS LORD, EXCEPT BY The Holy Spirit.

There are Diversities of Gifts (Spiritual Gifts), BUT The SAME Spirit (The Holy Spirit).  There are Differences of Ministries, BUT The SAME LORD (Jesus Christ).  And there are Diversities of Activities, BUT IT IS The SAME GOD (GOD Almighty), Who WORKS All IN All.  BUT The Manifestation of The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) IS GIVEN to Each One (Believers) for The Profit of All (Believers): for to One (Believers) IS GIVEN The WORD of Wisdom, THROUGH The Spirit (The Holy Spirit), to Another (Believers) The WORD of Knowledge, THROUGH The SAME Spirit (The Holy Spirit), to Another (Believers) Faith BY The SAME Spirit (The Holy Spirit), to Another (Believers) Gifts of Healings BY The SAME Spirit (The Holy Spirit), to Another (Believers) The Working of Miracles, to Another (Believers) Prophecy, to Another (Believers) Discerning of Spirits, to Another (Believers) Different Kinds of Tongues, to Another (Believers) The Interpretation of Tongues.  BUT ONE and The SAME Spirit (The Holy Spirit) WORKS All These Things, Distributing to Each One (Believers), INDIVIDUALLY, AS He (The Holy Spirit) WILLS.

1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

For as The Body is One and has Many Members, but All The Members of that One Body, being many, are One Body, so also IS Christ (Jesus Christ).  For BY One Spirit (The Holy Spirit), We (Believers) were All Baptized INTO One Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), whether Jews (Jewish Believers) OR Greeks (Non-Jewish Believers), whether Slaves OR Free, and have All (Believers) been MADE to DRINK into One Spirit (The Holy Spirit).  For IN FACT, The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ) is NOT one member, but MANY (Believers).

IF The Foot (Believers) should say, “Because I am NOT a hand, I am NOT of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ),” is it therefore NOT of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ)?  And IF The Ear (Believers) should say, “Because I am NOT an eye, I am NOT of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ),” is it therefore NOT of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ)?  IF The Whole Body (The Body of Jesus Christ) were an eye, where would be The Hearing?  IF The Whole (The Body of Jesus Christ) were Hearing, where would be The Smelling?  But NOW, GOD (GOD Almighty) has SET The Members (Believers), Each One (Believers) of Them (Believers), IN The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), just as He (GOD Almighty) PLEASED.  And IF They (Believers) were All (Believers) One Member, where would The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ) BE?

But now, INDEED, there are Many Members (Believers), YET One Body (The Body of Jesus Christ).  And The Eye (Believers) can NOT say to The Hand (Believers), “I (Believers) have NO need of YOU (Believers)”; NOR again The Head (Believers) to The Feet (Believers), “I (Believers) have NO need of YOU (Believers).”  NO, much rather, Those Members (Believers) of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), which SEEM to be Weaker ARE Necessary.  And Those Members (Believers) of The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), which We (Believers) think to be LESS Honorable, ON THESE (Believers), We (Believers) BESTOW Greater Honor; and Our (Believers) Unpresentable Parts (Believers) have Greater Modesty, BUT Our (Believers) Presentable Parts have NO need.  BUT GOD (GOD Almighty) COMPOSED The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), having GIVEN Greater Honor to THAT Part (Believers), which LACKS it (Honor), that there should be NO schism in The Body (The Body of Jesus Christ), BUT that The Members (Believers) should have The SAME CARE for One Another (Believers).  And IF One Member (Believers) SUFFERS, All The Members (Believers) SUFFER with it (Believers); OR IF One Member (Believers) IS HONORED, All The Members (Believers) REJOICE with it (Believers).

Now, YOU (Believers) ARE The Body of Christ (Jesus Christ), and Members (Believers) INDIVIDUALLY.  And GOD (GOD Almighty) has APPOINTED These (Believers) IN The Church (The Body of Jesus Christ): First, Apostles, Second, Prophets, Third, Teachers, after that, Miracles, then Gifts of Healings, Helps, Administrations, Varieties of Tongues.  Are All (Believers) Apostles?  Are All (Believers) Prophets?  Are All (Believers) Teachers?  Are All (Believers) Workers of Miracles?  Do All (Believers) have Gifts of Healings?  Do All (Believers) Speak with Tongues?  Do All (Believers) Interpret (Tongues)?  BUT Earnestly DESIRE The Best Gifts (Spiritual Gifts).

1 John 2:27-29

But The ANOINTING (The Holy Spirit), which YOU (Believers) have RECEIVED from Him (Jesus Christ) ABIDES IN YOU (Believers), and YOU (Believers) do NOT need that ANYONE Teach YOU (Believers); BUT As The Same ANOINTING (The Holy Spirit) Teaches YOU (Believers) Concerning All Things, and IS TRUE, and is NOT a lie, and just as IT (The Holy Spirit) has TAUGHT YOU (Believers), YOU (Believers) Will ABIDE IN Him (Jesus Christ).  And NOW, Little Children (Believers), ABIDE IN Him (Jesus Christ), that WHEN He (Jesus Christ) APPEARS, We (Believers) may have CONFIDENCE and NOT be ashamed BEFORE Him (Jesus Christ) AT His (Jesus Christ’s) COMING.  If YOU (Believers) KNOW that He (Jesus Christ) IS RIGHTEOUS, YOU (Believers) KNOW that EVERYONE (Believers) who PRACTICES RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BORN of Him (Jesus Christ).

Fellow Believers, We (Believers) ARE The BODY of Jesus Christ, and We (Believers) each ARE BLESSED with Different Spiritual Gifts.  We (Believers) are to USE Our (Believers) Spiritual Gifts to Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ WITH EVERYONE, who has Ears to HEAR and EYES to SEE, The TRUTH.

We (Believers) KNOW that Jesus Christ ABIDES within each of Us (Believers), THROUGH The Holy Spirit, and it’s THROUGH The Holy Spirit that We (Believers) each are GIVEN Our (Believers) Spiritual Gifts.  My Prayer for each of YOU (Believers), is that each of YOU (Believers) KNOW, what Your (Believers) Spiritual Gifts ARE.

Remember, each and every single Member (Believers) IS Equally Important in The Body of Jesus Christ.  So please, do NOT EVER Think that what YOU (Believers) DO, with Your (Believers) Spiritual Gifts, IS Any LESS Important than what ANYONE Else DOES, because IN Jesus Christ’s Eyes, EVERYONE IS Equally Important, ESPECIALLY YOU (Believers)!

By Sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ, WITH Those (Yet-To-Be-Believers and Unbelievers) who have Yet to ACCEPT it, IS The Most Important Task ANYONE can and will Ever Do!  And We (Believers) are ALL Ministers of The Gospel of Jesus Christ, yes, We (Believers) All Preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Directly and Indirectly.

Our (Believers) Task is to SHINE The LIGHT of Jesus Christ, SO BRIGHTLY, THROUGH Us (Believers), that People SEE Jesus Christ and NOT Us (Believers), KNOWING that what We (Believers) are Sharing IS The Opportunity to be IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, and All The Rest of The Children (Believers) of GOD Almighty, for Eternity, Forever, of which We (Believers) HAVE The Assurance, The Guarantee (The Holy Spirit).  Amen.

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