KEVIL FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

WE ARE THE BODY-MANY PARTS, ONE BODY
1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-27

1. WE ARE THE BODY.
Unified, diverse, sovereign and harmonious

2. ONE BODY. (V12-13)
One Spirit, One baptism

3. MANY PARTS-DIFFERENT GIFTS. (V14-26)
a. No division in the body (v 25)
b. Same care for one another (v25)
c. One suffers all suffer (v26)
d. One honored all rejoice (v26)


4. CHRIST IS THE HEAD. (COLOSSIANS 1:18-20)
a. “So it is with Christ” (v.12)
b. “You are the body of Christ” (v.27)


5. CHURCH KILLERS-SIGNS OF AN UNHEALTHY BODY
Apathy
Refusing to change
Assumptions
Criticism,
Internal strife (selfishness, gossip, jealousy, drama, rivalry, factions)
Compromising the Scripture
Inward focused

6. SIGNS OF LIFE-A HEALTHY BODY
Gospel centered-evangelize the world
Endurance-withstand adversity and attacks from outside & within
Giving-not just money
Compassionate-to each other, to those outside the body
Spiritual growth-baptize, instruct, edify and disciple
Outward focused

“The body is a unit or it does not exist. It must be one.”