As
Paul the apostle continued to share with the church members in
Corinth about the “body”,
he declared how, “God has tempered
the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part
which lacked:”,
and in chapter twelve and verse
twenty-five of First Corinthians, Paul shared with the Corinthian
church the reason, “there should be no
schism in the body”,
where we read:
That
there should be no schism in the body;
but
that
the members should have the same care one for another.
The
verse begins, “That
there should be no schism in the body;”.
Paul began
with the words, “that there should
be” which
means “so there may be” “no
schism”
which means “no rent, division or dissension” “in
the body” or
“in the living corpse or carcass”. The reason God gave greater
honor to “the part of the body that lacked” was because He did
not want “division and dissension” in the “body”.
The
verse goes on to say, “
but that
the members should have the same care one for another.”
Paul
continued with the word, “but”
which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be
written takes precedence over what was just stated “that
the members” which
means “the parts in the body” “should
have the same”
or “would have the very and identical” “care”
which means
“providing for and thought” “one
for another”
or “reciprocally or mutually”. Paul declared rather than having
“division” in the “body”,
they were to care for each other.
When
we think through these words from Paul, we see how the different
parts of the “body” were not to be “divided”, but were
to look out and have concern for each other. Even as one “part”
of the human “body” has empathy for another when hurt or
damaged, so should “members” of Christ's “body”
care for one another. Jesus Christ's “body”, “the
church”, is not to “divided” but “unified”, and when “the
church” demonstrates “unity”, the world will see more of Jesus
Christ. “By this all people
will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.” (John 13:35)
Next
time Paul shares with the church members concerning how, “when
one member suffers, all the members suffer”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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