• Second
Sunday after the Epiphany.
with Romans 12:4-5 and 1 Corinthians 12:27
with Romans 12:4-5 and 1 Corinthians 12:27
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• This is not your traditional
“Body of Christ” message
• Consider the Church, the Body of Christ
from Christ’s point of view.
from Christ’s point of view.
• We read in Ephesians that Christ is the head
of the body, and we are members of it. What is the head going to do? The head
is going to RUN the body!
• The head is going to run the body as Christ
sees fit. Thankfully.
I don’t have the wisdom to run the body.
If I were in such a position, move over and give Jesus the wheel!
I don’t have the wisdom to run the body.
If I were in such a position, move over and give Jesus the wheel!
• Christ is LORD of church/body. But not
overlord. More servant than overlord.
Loves the church, gives himself for the church
as an artist pours self into creation, so Christ pours self into Church/body.
Loves the church, gives himself for the church
as an artist pours self into creation, so Christ pours self into Church/body.
• Christ cleanses the body. Justifies it
(makes it right) and sanctifies it.
To reflect the glory of God.
We tend towards Pigpen. But God’s Mr. Clean is stronger.
To reflect the glory of God.
We tend towards Pigpen. But God’s Mr. Clean is stronger.
• Christ nourishes the body. We are fed
with sacrament and other means of grace. Prayer, study, action, fellowship,
worship, service fill our souls.
•
Christ and the body are inseparable.
It’s easy to think of Christ as distinct and separate
but (and I daresay on purpose) the body is vital to the head.
Christ has body for a reason.
Creation and salvation.
It’s easy to think of Christ as distinct and separate
but (and I daresay on purpose) the body is vital to the head.
Christ has body for a reason.
Creation and salvation.
•
Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)
Christ
Has No Body
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
•
Hymn 558 I am the Church
Romans 12:4-5
(NRSV)
4 For
as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same
function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and
individually we are members one of another. ò
1 Corinthians
12:27 (NRSV)
27 Now
you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. ò
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