I Am A Church Member

God organizes the body in a way that pleases Him. Find your place in the body and carry out the duties of your assignment to the best of your ability. Are you a knee? Be the best knee you can be. Are you a backbone? Be the best backbone you can be. Are you an eye, an ear, or a mouth? Be the best you you can be for the glory of God. He will bless us all when we all get where He wants us to be!

A certain man approached a pastor and told him he wanted to join the church, but he told the pastor that he did not have a lot of time to devote to serving.

He said, “I have a very busy schedule and can’t be called upon to do any teaching or cleaning in the church. I can’t really serve in any way. I can’t help with special projects or with the student ministry. All my evenings are tied up already.”

The pastor thought for a moment and then said, “I believe you’re at the wrong church. The church you’re looking for is 3 blocks down the street, on the right.”

The man left and followed the pastor’s directions. He soon came to an abandoned, boarded up church building. The church he found had been closed for years. The pastor had made his point. Every one who joins a church should have a desire to serve the Lord through that church.

What is sad is when you find a church where no one wants to do anything. In churches like that, everyone is satisfied with what they have. In churches like that no one can be counted on to do anything. Thus, nothing gets done!

I heard a story about 4 people in the church named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY and NOBODY.

There was an important job to be done and EVERYBODY was sure that SOMEBODY would do it.

ANYBODY could have done it but instead NOBODY did it.

SOMEBODY got angry about this, because it was EVERYBODY’S job.

EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY would do it, but NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY when NOBODY did what ANYBODY could have done.

Don’t let that happen here at Calvary. Find your place and be all the Lord saved you to be!

I. How The Body Originates

II. How The Body Is Organized

III. V. 25-27 HOW THE BODY OPERATES

If we all have differing functions and responsibilities in the Body of Christ, then how are we supposed to function? These verses teach us How The Body Operates when every member is in his or her place.

A. It Operates In Unity - When every member does his or her part and submits to God in doing what they were placed in the body to do, then the body of Christ will function in peace and unity. In our day, there are too many feet who want to be hands and too many ears who want to be eyes. When this happens, the body is fractured and chaos is the end result!

God’s plan for His church is that we be united as one in Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 1:27. When we are not in unity, the body of Christ suffers, 1 Corinthians 1:10. The word “divisions” in that verse is a butcher’s term which means, “to divide into pieces.” When we fail to stand together, we cause disunity within the body of Christ. When we do that, we are guilty of butchering, or dividing, the Body of Christ.