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Christians, Body of Christ
CHRISTIANS, BODY OF CHRIST
Extended Family The Christian body of Christ is our large extended family with brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, moms and dads; all related in the "family" of Jesus.(Matthew 12:48-50; Luke 8:21) God gives us special instructions for how we are to treat the members of the body of Christ, our "family." We are to edify, support, study God's Word together, and give special care to fellow believers. (Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Corinthians 4:11-30; 1 Cor 12:4-31) And most of all, we are to work together to reach unbelievers so no one will be lost.(Matt 28:18)
 
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The most effective and fulfilling service is when we find our passion and use the personality, talents, spiritual gifts and life experiences God gave us. (1 Cor 12:4; 1 Cor 14:12)
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Ephesians 1:5 NIV 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.
Matt 12:48 48He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Luke 8:21 21 He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice."
Ephesians 4:1-16 NIV 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called, 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says:
"When he ascended on high,
he led captives in his train
and gave gifts to men."[ 9(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions) 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe. It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 28:18 NIV 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit., 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
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1 Corinthians 12:4 4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
12 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. 13 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. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,' is it therefore not of the body? 16 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? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 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.' 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 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, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best[d] gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians 14:12 12 So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.
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24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
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46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity
Acts 2:46 NIV
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7 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19 NKJV
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