Members Of His Body
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of
Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and
make them the members of an harlot? God forbid
(1 Corinthians 6:15).
In the opening verse, notice that the Apostle Paul
used the plural noun “bodies.” He was writing
to the Church at Corinth. If he had used the singular
noun “body,” it would have seemed right to argue that
he was speaking in generic terms, referring to all of us
as “the body of Christ”; that is, the mystical body of
Christ as referenced in Romans 12:5: “So we, being
many, are one body in Christ, and every one members
one of another.”
He however expresses a profound truth about our
individual connection and oneness with Jesus Christ by
saying, “…your bodies are the members of Christ….”
This is a most powerful truth in God’s Word that you
can apply for your health. It isn’t only your spirit that is
part of the mystical body of Christ, your physical body
is a member of Christ! This means Christ uses, rules,
and functions in your physical body. If this is true, and
it is true, where then would sickness come from? Christ
is in you; He perambulates in you. Blessed Be God!
Ephesians 1:22-23 says “And hath put all things
under his feet, and gave him (Jesus Christ) to be the
head over all things to the church, Which is his body,
the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” It says the
body of Christ—the Church—is the fullness of Christ.
And since your very physical body is part of the whole
structure called the body of Christ, it means that you’re
the expression of His reality, His grace, glory, kingdom,
power and personality! You’re the expression of His
fullness: He is your completeness, but without you,
the body isn’t complete.
Every one of us is important in the body of
Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27: “Now ye are the body
of Christ, and members in particular.” He uses the
term “members in particular, showing that each one
is important in the structure. Ephesians 5:30 declares,
“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and
of his bones.”
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for sending Jesus to shed His
precious blood and die in my place.
In this, I rejoice for His blood was shed for my salvation,
soundness, and preservation, to bring me into oneness withyou.
Thank you for the life of glory and excellence that I have in Christ,
and the dominion of your Word in my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
Ephesians 5:30; Romans 8:10; Romans 12:1
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 6:1-16
Deuteronomy29-30
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 25:31-46
Exodus 34