"If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues."
In today's quote Paul further explained the diversity of purpose for each individual member of the body of Christ. (The body of Christ is the Church) Paul was careful to maintain that each member, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is just as important to the whole as is the most prominent member.
As the children of God, and as individual members of the body of Christ, we are to celebrate the least among us just as much as we celebrate the greatest, knowing that the least noticed members are the most missed when they are gone. For example, if we view the Church as a pyramid of stacked dominoes, removing the top domino causes no problem, the great majority of the pyramid remains standing, but if you remove one of the bottom or less prominent dominoes, the whole pyramid falls.
We are all given gifts according to the will of God and our abilities, we should always use them to further the gospel of Jesus Christ and to honor and glorify God.~
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