{"id":43814,"date":"2022-09-30T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/members-one-of-another-bible-outlines\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:33:23","slug":"members-one-of-another-bible-outlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/members-one-of-another-bible-outlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Members One of Another – Bible Outlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A. The Scriptures Clearly Teach This:<\/p>\n

1. Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (KJV)<\/p>\n

2. Romans 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. (NASB)<\/p>\n

B. Paul makes over 30 references to the church as a body, and illustrates clearly this is how we work together, and live as close as Christians are to live.<\/p>\n

C. What is Paul trying to tell us?<\/p>\n

1. What is Paul “not” trying to say: The Bible does not say “search for” and “try to discover” your own spiritual gifts. (The Bible no where teaches this….)<\/p>\n

2. What Paul “is” saying: Let us look at in three ways!<\/p>\n

DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

I.   No Individual Christian Can Function Effectively By Himself.<\/p>\n

A. All members are builded together. Romans 12:5<\/p>\n

B. We must have the right kind of love – The “God” type. Romans 12:9<\/p>\n

C. As we members work together, look at what we do! Romans 12:11-15<\/p>\n

D. How are we members described? Ephesians 2:21-22<\/p>\n

II.  No Member of Christ’s Body Should Feel He is More Important Than Another Member of Christ’s Body.<\/p>\n

A. This is God’s way: 1 Corinthians 12:14, 27 We know how body members work together.<\/em><\/p>\n

B. The body members are to be united! 1 Corinthians 12:15-17. That is the only way we can get done what needs to be done.<\/em> (We know how our body members work.)<\/p>\n

C. Paul said God did it the way it pleased him. 1 Corinthians 12:18-20<\/p>\n

D. Paul emphasizes this point: “All body members are equally important”! 1 Corinthians 12:22-26.<\/p>\n

III. All Members of Christ’s Body Must Work Hard at Creating Unity in the Body of Christ.<\/p>\n

A. Endeavoring…. Ephesians 4:3-6<\/p>\n

B. Every member has been given grace according to the measure given us: Ephesians 4:7<\/p>\n

C. We are taught how to talk as we are joined and compacted together, members, one of another. Ephesians 4:15-16<\/p>\n

D. We are taught clearly how we are to be as members, one of another. Ephesians 4:22-24<\/p>\n

CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

A. Most of the biblical references to the (church) is recognizing them as a body, with the members working in close relationships.<\/p>\n

1. I must realize I am a vital part of the local church, which is the body of which I am a member.<\/p>\n

2. The only way a body can function effectively is realizing it in the Bible context of the local church (body) and I am an important member.<\/p>\n

3. I cannot expect heaven unless I am an active, working member of the local church.<\/p>\n

B. It is important to understand:<\/p>\n

1. A local body of believers does not function automatically.<\/p>\n

2. We must be grown-up, spiritually mature believers; and to be this, we must taught the truth.<\/p>\n

3. Paul mentions over 30 times the body, and how it works together.<\/p>\n

C. The local body must be keenly aware of the need for developing “spiritually mature” members.<\/p>\n

1. We get to emphasizing “gifts” and miss the aim Paul has for us.<\/p>\n

2. We emphasize “becoming spiritually mature” and this will lead us to the characteristics Christians must have: humility, sensitivity, unity – expressions of love.<\/p>\n

D. Am I helping myself and others to become participating members of Christ’s body? Check yourself:<\/p>\n

__I’m doing all I can to help other believers become mature in Christ–measured according to the qualities specified in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.1<\/p>\n

__I look for as many opportunities as possible to encourage other mature Christians to participate in teaching the Scriptures, praying, helping others, counseling, etc.<\/p>\n

__I realize that God can use other members of the body of Christ, even though they may not have had as much training as I have.<\/p>\n

__I have a subtle sense of pride which keeps telling me I’m the only one capable of effectively ministering to other people.<\/p>\n

__I have difficulty trusting other members of Christ body – either because I have not viewed other Christians properly, or I am threatened by the fact that they might be able to do things better than I can.<\/p>\n

* Accentuate your strengths, eliminate your weaknesses!<\/p>\n

* Specify goals, and people to get these progresses going!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction: A. The Scriptures Clearly Teach This: 1. Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (KJV) 2. Romans 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. (NASB) B. Paul makes over 30 references to the … Continue reading “Members One of Another – Bible Outlines”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}