Getting Connected 1 Cor 12 Rev. Robert White

We are on the Winning Team Are we doing anything for the team of Christ? Are we expending any effort to advance the cause?

The Body of Christ: 1 Cor 12: Every Believer is a Member Every Member has a Gift Every Gift has a Purpose

Every Believer is a Member of the Body of Christ Only God knows who is in the true body of Christ as authority believers The Body of Christ is universal and invisible transcending all boundaries God uses the local church to develop believers under proper teaching/training Members must be present to avoid phantom limb syndrome in the Body of Christ

Every Member has a Gift 1 Cor 12: Are you in place with your Gift for the Body of Christ? God wants the Body to be whole and complete The Holy Spirit manifests in each believer as He wishes and we must operate as He leads whether in our dominant or non-dominant gifts

Every member has a Gift Christ paid a dear price to give us a gift through His Spirit by faith Can God clearly see you using the gift that he gave you? God wants to push us on to our identity and destiny as Christian men The gifts are the manifestation of God’s character in our lives and He will chasten us to get the best reflection of Himself

Every member has a Gift God wants all of our impurities gone so the condition of our lives fully reflects Him

Every Gift has a Purpose I Cor 12: see Amplified Version The spiritual gifts are special endowments of supernatural energy that are unique to each believer The church’s purpose is to influence the culture and change it with Kingdom principles and processes through it’s people diffused like salt The church has prematurely taken the Spirit out of the world by isolating ourselves

Get Connected Get connected to the Body of Christ Get plugged into where you need to be and stay on post locally Get connected to your sphere of influence in the world to let the Kingdom come to them also