You are part of the living vital body of Christ on earth manifesting His power by extending His "grace" (charis) to meet the needs of others. Charismatics are "charis" grace "meta" extenders. When we operate by His Spirit, we are demonstrating heaven on earth. People around us experience who God is and what He is doing through us. This is the whole concept of "gifts of the Spirit". But before understanding the gifts, we must understand Christ's body. How it functions, what it is, and why is it on earth now through us. I Corinthians 12 reveals this clearly. We (1) belong to each other by confession "Jesus is Lord" and by being placed in the same body. We (2) need each other as much as your hand needs your mouth, and your mouth needs your feet, etc. That's the illustration Paul used. "Can the hand say to the feet, I have no need of you?" And finally we (3) affect each other. "If one member of the body suffer, all suffer with it. If one member is honored, all are honored with it". Great chapter of introduction to the teaching of the gifts of the spirit coming up the next few weeks. You can join the teaching "Live" online each Wednesday morning at 10am at: LIVE FACEBOOK CLASS
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