The Body Is Made Up Of Many Parts 1 Cor. 12:12

Paul is showing here the parallel between the two bodies. Just as in a physical body, the body of Christ has many, many parts. This is further evidence that the body of Christ isn’t “all about us.” We’re not the only ones in the world.

So first, we can see that the body is made up of many parts, and we need each other.

All Parts Are Important 1 Cor. 12:18-20

Each part of the body makes a valuable contribution to the whole body. For example, our ears are very important. Without them, we couldn’t hear. Our mouths are important. Without them we couldn’t speak or eat. Each part makes a valuable contribution to the whole, each part is also unique and different. Foot and the nose are very different. Again, this is similar to the body of Christ. We are all a valuable part of the Kingdom. So far we’ve seen that the body is made up of many parts and that each part is important. And we should respect each other.

Finally, Paul gives a clear message that:
All Parts Are In Unity 1 Cor. 12:24b-25 24

How has God combined the members of our physical bodies? If all of the parts of our bodies didn’t have a blood supply, they would die. And God doesn’t allow a greater amount of blood to flow to our “better” parts than to those that are not presentable. All of our body parts have an adequate supply of blood. This is so that the body can be equally healthy and work together for better health.

Do we realise today that this represents the fact that the promises of God are the same to all of God’s children?

All of the parts of our human body work together to sustain life. No part can survive on it’s own. All parts have to work with each other to make a united body.

In the body of Christ, we all have to work together as well. There is much diversity in the Kingdom. We are made up of different colours. We are made up of different economic conditions. We are made up of different customs. But we combine to make one body.

Don’t get me wrong — I’m not preaching a message of blind, unbiblical tolerance. There are certain issues and behaviours that the Bible is very clear about that would exclude someone from the Kingdom of God. What I’m talking about is the church of Christ working together through our differences to form one. We need to sympathise with each other.

I think it’s remarkable that after Paul talks about the body and working through our differences, he immediately goes to the next topic, love, in 1 Corinthians 13.

So what does it all have to do with us in our lives today?

This message is a message of encouragement — a message of hope. A church that realises it need each other, respects each other and sympathises with each other.

We then become a Church of 'You'. “Now you are the body of Christ and each one of YOU is part of it.

” We are his hands and feet, his voice and ears. We are his heart beating. We are his love showing.