Members One Of Another - (One Another Series #2)
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12. The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they
form one body. So it is with Christ.
13 For we were all baptised by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and
we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
1Co 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. (NIV)
1. We are one body.
Each of us is an individual member, but we are members of one another, because we are members of
the same body.
A. We cannot all be the same. We can't all serve the same purpose or supply the same function.
1 Corinthians 12
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the
smelling?
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
We have to be different in order to be a complete body.
B. Though we are all different, we are still part of one and the same body.
1 Corinthians 12
12. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
2. Are there some members we can do without?
Do you have any parts you don't need?
1 Corinthians 12
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I
have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
Even the least members, the smaller and less important we deem necessary. God planned the body
and put in it what it needs.
3. The body has to stay together.
Do your body parts go in different directions?
What if one goes somewhere he shouldn't? He drags the whole body with him.
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care
one for another.
The same care one for another - we've got to watch out for each other. That means that we
encourage one another to good works and discourage each other from evil works. It means that we
pray for one another, particularly if we see another drifting away.
4. Deeper than caring - we feel one another's pain.
1 Corinthians 12
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured, all
the members rejoice with it.
If we are properly connected as a body, we will feel one another's pain. We will share one another's
joy. We will truly care for one another.
To be properly connected to one another, we have to be properly connected to the head.
5. The body of Christ
A. We are His body.
1 Corinthians 12
27. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
B. He places us and gifts us as He sees fit.
1 Corinthians 12
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
C. See how God diversifies His body:
1 Corinthians 12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
D. The purpose of the diversity is that all the needs are met.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to
another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
E. You must understand, if you are not functioning in your gifted areas, the body is missing
something. In order to serve, you must be led and gifted by the head (Christ), and you must work with
the nervous system (Leadership).
Sometimes we are guilty of not doing anything. Other times we may be guilty of doing the wrong
thing. If it doesn’t fit with the overall plan – and if it doesn’t work with the rest of the body – it may be
the wrong thing.
God does everything in order. Any body member that works on its on apart the body is a spasm.
1 Corinthians 12
12. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.
The church body is just like a human body. It must work together, and it must work through the head.
1 Corinthians 12
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body?
Be careful thinking some people don't belong.
Sometimes we think that our point of view is the only point of view.
Illus. You have probably heard the story of the blind men who were asked to describe an elephant.
One grabbed his tail and said, "An elephant is like a rope." Another grabbed his leg and said, "An
elephant is like a tree." Another felt his side and said, "An elephant is like a wall." The last grabbed
an ear and said, "An elephant is like a piece of clothing."
They were all right and all wrong. The elephant was a combination of all of those things. Each one
was seeing only from his own perspective.
This can happen when the Pastor thinks the church exists to provide him a platform from which to
speak, and the special singers think the church exists to be a stage for them to perform on, and the
Children’s worker thinks the church exists for the Children, etc.
Conclusion: The point is this –
We are one body - one unit.
We have varying functions and stations in the body.
All parts are equally important and necessary.
No part is unnecessary.
We must care for, protect, and watch out for one another.
When one member suffers, the whole body suffers (sooner or later, one way or another.)
form one body. So it is with Christ.
13 For we were all baptised by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and
we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
1Co 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. (NIV)
1. We are one body.
Each of us is an individual member, but we are members of one another, because we are members of
the same body.
A. We cannot all be the same. We can't all serve the same purpose or supply the same function.
1 Corinthians 12
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the
smelling?
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
We have to be different in order to be a complete body.
B. Though we are all different, we are still part of one and the same body.
1 Corinthians 12
12. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
2. Are there some members we can do without?
Do you have any parts you don't need?
1 Corinthians 12
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I
have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
Even the least members, the smaller and less important we deem necessary. God planned the body
and put in it what it needs.
3. The body has to stay together.
Do your body parts go in different directions?
What if one goes somewhere he shouldn't? He drags the whole body with him.
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care
one for another.
The same care one for another - we've got to watch out for each other. That means that we
encourage one another to good works and discourage each other from evil works. It means that we
pray for one another, particularly if we see another drifting away.
4. Deeper than caring - we feel one another's pain.
1 Corinthians 12
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured, all
the members rejoice with it.
If we are properly connected as a body, we will feel one another's pain. We will share one another's
joy. We will truly care for one another.
To be properly connected to one another, we have to be properly connected to the head.
5. The body of Christ
A. We are His body.
1 Corinthians 12
27. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
B. He places us and gifts us as He sees fit.
1 Corinthians 12
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
C. See how God diversifies His body:
1 Corinthians 12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
D. The purpose of the diversity is that all the needs are met.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to
another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
E. You must understand, if you are not functioning in your gifted areas, the body is missing
something. In order to serve, you must be led and gifted by the head (Christ), and you must work with
the nervous system (Leadership).
Sometimes we are guilty of not doing anything. Other times we may be guilty of doing the wrong
thing. If it doesn’t fit with the overall plan – and if it doesn’t work with the rest of the body – it may be
the wrong thing.
God does everything in order. Any body member that works on its on apart the body is a spasm.
1 Corinthians 12
12. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.
The church body is just like a human body. It must work together, and it must work through the head.
1 Corinthians 12
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body?
Be careful thinking some people don't belong.
Sometimes we think that our point of view is the only point of view.
Illus. You have probably heard the story of the blind men who were asked to describe an elephant.
One grabbed his tail and said, "An elephant is like a rope." Another grabbed his leg and said, "An
elephant is like a tree." Another felt his side and said, "An elephant is like a wall." The last grabbed
an ear and said, "An elephant is like a piece of clothing."
They were all right and all wrong. The elephant was a combination of all of those things. Each one
was seeing only from his own perspective.
This can happen when the Pastor thinks the church exists to provide him a platform from which to
speak, and the special singers think the church exists to be a stage for them to perform on, and the
Children’s worker thinks the church exists for the Children, etc.
Conclusion: The point is this –
We are one body - one unit.
We have varying functions and stations in the body.
All parts are equally important and necessary.
No part is unnecessary.
We must care for, protect, and watch out for one another.
When one member suffers, the whole body suffers (sooner or later, one way or another.)