How Beautiful Is The Body Of Christ Series

If you want to know what this passage is saying you need to make these four statements about who you are.

1. I am a member of the body of Christ

If you are a Christian you can say, “I’m a member of the body of Christ.” In the New Testament, there are three graphic analogies of what the church is. They start with the letter ‘B.’ The Body of Christ. Also, the church is called the Bride of Christ. Jesus is the Bridegroom; we are the Bride. One day the bridegroom, Jesus, is going the come back and take us to his Father’s house and we will have a great wedding celebration. If you are a Christian you can say, “I’m a member of the body of Christ.” In the New Testament, there are three graphic analogies of what the church is. They start with the letter ‘B.’ The Body of Christ. Also, the church is called the Bride of Christ. Jesus is the Bridegroom; we are the Bride. One day the bridegroom, Jesus, is going the come back and take us to his Father’s house and we will have a great wedding celebration. If you are a Christian you can say, “I’m a member of the body of Christ.” In the New Testament, there are three graphic analogies of what the church is. They start with the letter ‘B.’ The Body of Christ. Also, the church is called the Bride of Christ. Jesus is the Bridegroom; we are the bride. One day the bridegroom, Jesus, is going the come back and take us to his Father’s house and we will have a great wedding celebration.

The second picture of the church is that we are a building. I’m not talking about a physical building with a steeple. The Bible says in 1 Peter that we are all each living stones that make up the building of Christ. That’s a picture of a church. When we sing in our worship services “Welcome to the house of the Lord.” we’re not talking about these walls and windows and pews. We’re talking about this group that comprise the House of the Lord.

Finally, there is this analogy of the church being the body. Do you want to know how the church of the Lord Jesus Christ functions? Well, you talk about a great example of form following function, just look at your body. Don’t laugh, but just look at your body. Just as you have body parts, that is the way the church is formed. Just as each part of your body has a different function, that is the way the members of the church function.

In my head there is a brain, a nerve center, and when the Bible sayings that Christ is the Head of the church, it doesn’t mean He is the skull. It means He is the brain center. He is the nerve center of the church, and what Jesus says is just like my brain giving messages through my nerves, telling parts of the body what to do. That is how Jesus wants to function in your life and my life.

Here is a hand. A hand is for grabbing things, picking things up and it is made just for that. Aren’t you glad we’ve got a thumb? God designed it perfectly. Look at these feet. These feet are to walk on. They are to stand on. If you all of a sudden decided you wanted to walk around on your hands all the time, can you imagine how uncomfortable and inefficient it would be to walk on your hands? Can you imagine how uncomfortable it would be to use your feet to pick up things? Some people do that, but it’s just not the best use of the form and the function. We’re talking about the church here. There are some feet in the body of Christ who are trying to act like a hand. And there are some hands that are trying to act like a foot. Without this arm and this elbow and this shoulder, that hand would be worthless. Without this leg and this kneecap that foot could be totally useless.