Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 22-26
by: Jerry Johnson.
This passage is one of the most important in all of Scripture concerning the oneness of the Body of Christ. It crosses ethnic and socioeconomic boundaries. When it comes to spiritual gifts, Paul made the point that external appearances are not important. Every part of the Body is indispensable to its proper functioning. Human nature tends to create a climate in which people pay honor to individuals who seem to have the most prestige, whereas in God’s economy true unity results when all members care for each other, suffer together, and rejoice together. The Spirit of Christ is not a source of division and neither should we be divided.