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Excerpted from: Government (Part 2)Here is the illustration. Christ is like a human body that has many parts. Each one functions separately and yet together. Each part of the Body is empowered by God to carry out its responsibility (or function) within the Body, and yet every part of this Body is functioning for the good of the Body. Verse 13 is a key for understanding this.
Paul could have just as easily said that "we have been immersed." That is what the word "baptized" means. We have been immersed into one house. But the analogy does not fit quite as well. That is why I said that we are going to look at the same thing, but from a slightly different angle.
A body has many parts, all functioning for the good of the body. A house (a literal house) has many parts as well, and though not living, each one plays its part for the good of the house. We could have said "dynasty." We could have used that term as well. We could also have used the term "government."
The key for this verse, in this whole series of verses in this sermon, is the word "spirit." This is a spiritual installation into this Body. It is a spiritual immersion into this Body. It is done by one Spirit—God's Holy Spirit—that enables us to be part of that one Body. It enables us to have the powers to function, to carry out our responsibility, within that Body.
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Excerpted from: Jesus in the Feasts (Part Five): TabernaclesI Corinthians 12. If you know your chapters, this is the body image. No, you have a nice body image, that is not what I am talking about. This is the symbol of Christ's Body.
We are in the Body of Christ. We dwell in Him as members of His church. That is what Paul is getting at. He is getting at the idea that we are all bound into Christ.
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