If you brought your Bible this evening, would you please turn to 1 Corinthians, the 12th chapter?

For some weeks now, we've been on a series we're calling graces and places.

And our text has been here in 1 Corinthians 1213 he says by one spirit are we all baptized into

one body whether we be Jews or Gentiles whether we be bond or free and have been all made

to drink into one spirit the body is not one member but many if the foot shall say because

I'm not the hand I'm not of the body. Is it therefore not of the body?

Well, no, of course it's still of the body.

If the ear shall say, because I'm not to eye, I'm not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

Well, of course it is.

Now, why would he say this?

Apparently, the foot is saying, because I'm not a a hand there's not much to me I'm not important

the hand's important I'm just a foot if the ear is saying you know if I was an eye I'd be

something but I'm just an ear and don't amount to anything in the body.

These are lies.

I said, these are lies that the enemy is continually feeding people throughout the world,

throughout the whole body of Christ.

Is the foot an important part of the body?

Should it feel inferior to the hand?

No, there's no reason at all it should feel or look on the hand with envy.

Because no matter how amazing, what amazing things the hands can do,

they're not going to do them unless the feet get them there.

And that is so true.

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