We had an excellent teaching this today and I need to blog about it. The verses that were referenced were Psalm 139-11-16. Here goes.
The analogy of the Body of Christ, with Jesus as the Head of the Body and our human bodies was made. We are born with a finite amount of brain cells. We don't get any more. Christ is the same then, now, and forever (Heb 13-8). He doesn't change either. Our body cells, however, are all new within 7 years...so every 7 years, we have a new set of cells. The cells in our body actually get to "decide" if they want to listen to what the brain is telling them. The cells of the Body of Christ are...you and me, and we get to decide as well whether we want to listen to what the Brain (Jesus) is telling us. The cells of your body can and do affect the other cells within the body. You and I, as cells within the Body of Christ, can affect the other cells within the Body, too. We have to care, then, how well we are, as well as how the other cells are, functioning within the Body (Rom 2:17-24). The human brain has no pain receptors...it feels no pain itself. But, it feels the pain for all the rest of the cells in the body. Christ feels no pain Himself...but feels all the pain we inflict when we sin (Eph 4:30, 1 Thess 16-22). We must stay focused on our objective to live a life worthy of Christ Jesus. We will all stand before God and the question we will have to answer is: Was Jesus the Brains of your life...was He in charge? How will you have to answer that? How will I have to answer that?
That was Part 1 of this teaching. To say that I cannot wait for Part 2 is an understatement. Now...I have to apply this. Any suggestions? :)
I hope you all have a great evening. I'm thinking it's time for bed very soon. I had a very nice conversation with a few teens from the church last night. The group that we have for them on fb has the IM function, and they have decided to use it. We were talking about relationships, and what a guy needs most from his wife and what a gal needs most from her husband. It was fascinating to see them absorb the information and actually thank me later for chatting with them. You know, if we can reach the teens...and get them to value marriage, we can start reversing the divorce trend and begin saving families...one teen at a time. I'm so passionate about this. It will be my calling, I think. I hope. I pray. :)
Until next blog....
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