Jeremy Johnson - I Love My Church - Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

On this week's podcast, we continue our new series by looking at the differences in the Body of Christ. Pastor Jeremy reminds us that God chose you to be a part of the Body because of your capacity, not because you are the same as everyone else.

Jesus simply teaches us that the Body of Christ is just not one part. For the body to function healthily, every part must do its job. For we are all baptized by one Spirit into the body. We are not baptized to God as a different race, culture or social status but rather we are unified in Spirit. The Body is united in its differences. Disunity in the body results in death.

We look at scripture and see 8 reasons we are called to function as 1 unit.

1 Corinthians 1:12-37

1. An attack on one part of the body is an attack on all parts of the body.

2. The differences in me do not exclude me, they make me indispensable. They make you valuable.

3. For the body to function healthily, every part must do their job, they must function.

4. A whole body full of one part is not the body (It's a character on Monsters Inc.)

5. The body always covers itself by covering its parts and while covering, seeks to restore.

6. It's God who puts the parts in their place and gives them their function. (So don't ask tone the eye)

7. The heart working on being the eye, not only forfeits the power it has, but always falls short and effects the whole body.

8. Unity is not for organization only, it is for function in life.