🔊Audio Version Here ☞ bit.ly/stream1866
1 Corinthians 12:15-16 (NKJV)If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?
On social media, Ugochukwu was very fond of criticizing church leaders. Even though he was a believer, because he was not called into the ministry of teaching or preaching (all five-fold ministry offices involve teaching and/or preaching), he did not properly reckon himself as a part of the body but felt it was OK for him to stand apart from the church and criticize it publicly. Through his actions, he was saying ‘I am not of the body’.
One of the loudest ways a believer can say ‘I am not of the body’ is by joining unbelievers and enemies of Christ to publicly malign and criticize the church and its ministers. This post is in no way giving leeway to ministers who err but is a reminder to believers that many [trumped up] attacks on erring ministers have an underlining agenda to destroy the credibility of the body of Christ as a whole. It is foolishness to be part of this as a member of the body.
Not being a preacher, Ugochukwu didn't feel like a part of the body of Christ the way he should, but this didn't change the fact that through faith in Christ, he was indeed a part of the body. It took him time to realize that his habit of publicly criticizing ministers of the body of Christ was a major limiting factor in his walk with the Lord. He could not walk in divine health and healing because of this.
Go into today remembering that through faith in Christ Jesus, you are a member of the body of Christ. Do not be tempted to feel you are less a member than those who are at the forefront of ministry. Some of the unseen parts of the body are the most important.
Prayer: Ask the Lord the help you rightly discern His body and draw from all the benefits that His body provides.
—Abraham Damilola Arigi
Bible In One Year: Esther 1-5 (In Devotional Audio)
Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let's touch lives together.
Send inquiries, testimonies, and prayer requests here(WhatsApp): +2348034420524, +2348138224547
No comments:
Post a Comment