2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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THE UNITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Colossians 3:1-15
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
“Your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost.”
THE UNITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
The unity of the body of Christ means Christian peace (Col 3:15). What a glorious thought, the peace of Christ, that calm poise of heart and mind which rests with a conscience completely yielded to God’s will!
However, this does not mean that the believer will not face any problems in his life. Paul for instance experienced great anxiety in Troas (2 Cor 2:12-13) and in Macedonia (2 Cor 7:5-6). Nevertheless, God will bless His people with His peace that only He can give when they live a life that is in complete harmony with the will of Christ.
The unity of the body of Christ thus calls for the purity of the members. If we are personally members of the mystical body of Christ, it follows that our entire being, including our physical bodies, are members of Christ. And we must take care never to use our bodily parts as instruments of sin. Paul says, “Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Cor 6:13-20).
THOUGHT: Can the Protestant Church which believes in salvation by grace through faith alone, in Christ alone, be united with the Roman Church which believes in salvation by works, which worships Mary and the saints?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I want to use the members of my body to glorify Christ and not to shame Him.