Morning Musing: Romans 12:4-5

“Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function, in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

The best preachers have illustrations they go back to again and again. This isn’t because they’re boring and unoriginal (they’re the best preachers, not the worst). It’s because the illustrations are so good they’re worth being used over and over. What we encounter here is one of the illustrations to help understand the body of Christ that Paul comes back to more than once. Let’s talk about the body, the church, and what we mean to one another.

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Morning Musings: Romans 12:4-5

“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.”  (ESV)

The church was not designed to be an operation of one.  It runs like a human body.  There are many different parts that all play an important role in the proper functioning of the body.  In order for things to work like they should, every part has to play its part.  If you are a part of the body of Christ, you have a role to play.  Absent you playing that role, the whole thing will not work like it should.