"For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members
of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by
one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or
Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink
into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. If
the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the
body,” is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear should
say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is
it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would
be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just
as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would the body
be?
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot
say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the
head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” No, much rather,
those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. And
those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these
we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty,
but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having
given greater honor to that part which lacks it, that there should be
no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care
for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with
it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it."
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually."
1 Cor 12.12-27
Let us admit it!... we are all in this position from one time or another...
and we need the help of the Body of Christ... to help us read the signs!
Thank God for His Church... dedicated to the up-lifting and the building
up of eachother in Love/ Agape. The LORD never meant for us to be alone
anymore... it is too costly. Amen
After all, it is The LORD who has been forbearing with us so long, in
this same manner.
We were all so needy and dependent once upon a time. Now Jesus says...
"You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought
to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that
you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a
servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater
than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you
do them."
John 13.13-17
"But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the
body just as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would
the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And
the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”;
nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are
necessary. And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable,
on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater
modesty, but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the
body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, that there
should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the
same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members
suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice
with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually."
1 Cor. 12.18-27
"But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among
you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one
who serves."
Luke 22.26
" Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does
not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not
seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether
there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they
will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we
know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect
has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a
child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child;
but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
1 Cor. 13.4-11
"Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come,
you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food;
I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me
in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I
was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will
answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed
You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and
take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or
in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say
to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one
of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’"
Matt.25.34-40