1 Corinthians 12
The human body is fascinating and every part of it is necessary and serves a beautiful purpose. It’s remarkable to know that our bodies have the ability to regenerate and repair itself. A few other notable facts are that the skin can be grafted from one part of the body to grow on another part. It is the human body’s largest organ and is constantly renewing itself. And wow, did you know that when you receive information through one of your senses, the signal travels from your nerves to your brain at over 100 miles per hour or that the human heart pumps 5.5 liters of blood per minute. So, during an average lifetime, it will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood—enough to fill 200 train cars. And that our blood travels 60,000 miles through the body daily. Our eyes can distinguish over 10 million colors, and the nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents. Most sacred of all, our bodies have the power to procreate—to create life.
In 1 Corinthians Paul compares the Body of Christ, the Church, to the human body. The Body of Christ is just as incredible and purposeful. As followers of Christ, we the Church are one big family, maybe not blood related, but related through the blood of Christ, and a living entity. There is deep interconnectedness and mutual responsibility within the community of believers. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
All believers are one in Christ and should demonstrate the same concern for one another. For those who have been bought by the blood of Jesus Christ, spiritual gifts have been given and are meant to be exercised in unity for the building up of the believers and the reaching of the unsaved. What happens to any member of the body happens to all members of the body. God designed us as One. The time is NOW. It’s time to put to use our Spirit given gifts, our intricately designed bodies, and those 27 bones, 29 joints, 123 ligaments, 31 muscles, 48 nerves and 30 arteries in our hands. It’s a mark of maturity when we make a shift from serving our own desires to partnering with others to do unified Kingdom service. We are stronger together.
In 1 Corinthians Paul compares the Body of Christ, the Church, to the human body. The Body of Christ is just as incredible and purposeful. As followers of Christ, we the Church are one big family, maybe not blood related, but related through the blood of Christ, and a living entity. There is deep interconnectedness and mutual responsibility within the community of believers. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
All believers are one in Christ and should demonstrate the same concern for one another. For those who have been bought by the blood of Jesus Christ, spiritual gifts have been given and are meant to be exercised in unity for the building up of the believers and the reaching of the unsaved. What happens to any member of the body happens to all members of the body. God designed us as One. The time is NOW. It’s time to put to use our Spirit given gifts, our intricately designed bodies, and those 27 bones, 29 joints, 123 ligaments, 31 muscles, 48 nerves and 30 arteries in our hands. It’s a mark of maturity when we make a shift from serving our own desires to partnering with others to do unified Kingdom service. We are stronger together.
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