1. AN ACTIVE BODY OF CHRIST EVANGELISM EDIFICATION BENEVOLENCE MT. 28:19MT. 28:20MT. 26:11 MK. 16:15ACTS 20:32JM. 1:27 ROM. 10:13-17ROM. 15:2ROM. 15:1 1 COR. 9:161 COR.14:262 COR. 9 ACTS 5:422 COR. 13:10ACTS 11:27-30 ACTS 8:42 TIM. 2:2ACTS 9:36-39 2 TIM. 4:2TIT. 2:3-5PHIL. 4:15,16

2. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS THE BODY OF CHRIST IS THE CHURCH (EPH. 1:22,23; COL. 1:18,24) CHRIST HAS BUT ONE BODY (1 COR. 12:13, 20; ROM. 12:4,5; EPH. 2:16) IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO BE A PART OF CHRIST’S BODY. (EPH. 5:23; ACTS 4:12) THE BODY IS ENTERED BY BAPTISM (1 COR. 12:13)

3. EACH MEMBER… IS IMPORTANT (1 COR. 12:12-24) HAS WORK TO DO (EPH. 4:16) COOPERATES (1 COR. 3:9; 2 COR. 6:1; JN. 17:21; 1 COR. 1:10; 12:25; PS. 133:1) FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY (1 COR. 12:17-19; ROM. 12:4) CARES FOR THE OTHERS (1COR. 12:25,26; 1 THESS. 5:14; HEB. 13:3)

4. THE LORD’S SUPPER “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till He come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.” 1 Cor. 11:26-28

5. THE COLLECTION “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”