Unity and Diversity!
"Just as a body, though one, has many
parts,
but all its many parts form one body, so it is
with Christ."
1 Corinthians 12: 12
Most authorities on human anatomy recognize 78 organs
in the human body. Apostle Paul used the human body to
illustrate the diversity and unity of all Christians in the Body
of Christ. Organs are diverse, yet the human body is a unit.
Paul used the human body and its parts to illustrate his
teaching on spiritual gifts which God "distributes to each
one individually as He wills” (1 Corinthians 12:11).
Just as God arranged the human body
and its parts “just as
He pleased” (1 Corinthians 12:18), so He distributed spiritual
gifts in the Body of Christ the same way. Just as every organ
in the human body has a part to play in function and in health,
so every Christian has a part to play in function and health of
the Body of Christ.
Paul identifies the spiritual gifts God has given to
the Church in Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians
12–14.
What spiritual gift(s) has God given you?
How are you using it to build up the Body
of Christ?
"Pride of gifts robs us of God’s
blessing in the use of them."
William
Gurnall
