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First Corinthians chapter 12 verse 27

now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

I love this picture. It's all over 1st Corinthians Chapter 12, it's just a great, especially the last half of this chapter. A great picture,

word picture of the church as the body of Christ with all kinds of different members

just like a physical body has all kinds of different members just like a physical body has all kinds of different

members fingers toes legs arms ahead like so the church is the body with all kinds of different parts and every part matters.

Like the finger doesn't say to the toe, we don't need you, and the leg doesn't say to the arm,

I don't need you, and our arms and legs don't say to the heart, we don't need you to the

lung, we don't need you, the lung we don't need you like it all works together and so

the church is this way like we're the body of Christ he is our head and every

part every member matters and this is where I just want to encourage you

as I was reading this and just preparing to pray this verse I just thought about the number of people who are in a church who

feel like they don't matter. Like almost like spectators who come to church sit on Sunday, yeah maybe maybe interact with some people, maybe not even that.

But then kind of walk away and then think, yeah, that pastor, he's really important

or that leader is really important. These people do all these things

yeah they're kind of the way that make this whole church run but in the process, the adversary has blinded so many Christians to the fact that they are

members of the body of Christ and valuable members at that, every

single one of them.

And so I just want to encourage you when you think about your church, one to be a member of a church,

and to be committed to a body, a local body of believers.

And then as you were committed to that church,

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