21/04/2023
BIBLE STUDY SUMMARY SUBMISSION
DATE: 21ST APRIL, 2023.
BIBLE TEXT: 1ST CORINTHIANS 12
TOPIC: I'M A MEMBER OF GOD'S FAMILY
INTRODUCTION
In this Bible passage, Apostle Paul establishes the fact that, believers form the body of Christ, which gives each person his dignity. This union with Christ is realized by the Holy Spirit (whose spiritual gifts come from him for the service of all). And Apostle Paul invites everyone to highlight the gifts they have received.
OBSERVATION
🥂 Everything that is positive and uplifting in the life of the Christian comes from the Holy Spirit.
🥂 Everyone has value in the body of Christ regardless of their gift.
🥂 God is gracious to whom He will.
🥂 Teaching strengthen the church and makes it produce fruits.
INTERPRETATION
🥂 God so loved the world that He gave His son for it, His son has in His turn gifted the Church with the Holy Spirit and this one has gifted to all believers spirituals gifts. He's the helper of the church the one that teaches all, and knows all. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given to believers for the sake of serving the body. These gifts are meant to serve the body and foster on the template of the Church not the other way around.
🥂God shows no partiality, and doesn't revile people for their social status. Each and every believer has his value in the family of God. For God has values and cherishes the weak, the one who is looking appereantly neglectable so that there should be no division or lack of adaptation in His family. For the Bible says:"The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to all of us ".
Henceforth, members of God's family should have mutual interest and take care of one another.
🥂 I need to always be of a meek heart, not boasting on myself as regard to my position in God's family or in the society at the expense of others. For God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” In the opposite, I shouldn't consider myself as useless while God values me. It is a sin to not confess and recognize what God said about you, what's your identity in Him.
🥂 Man shall not live only by bread but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth Of God. It is through the teaching of the word of God that believers can be strengthened and produce fruits. The anti Christ is acting nowadays as a false teacher seducing believers by false doctrines. Therefore , I as a teacher of the word of God, need to pay attention to the way I'm building the church of Christ. And I, myself need to also get feed up at His feets every single day ( in studying His word).
APPLICATION
🥂 I will ask the Holy Spirit to give me the gift of healing and faith.
🥂 I will not despise or revile my fellow brethen that I esteem they are apparently not useful.
🥂 I will keep being humble and relying on God's grace not on my status in society or position in the church.
🥂As I'm appointed teacher, I will be teaching the body of Christ in alignment with the truth of the word of God.
CONCLUSION
The Holy Spirit is mine and I'm His. It doesn't matter what I have or did before . He only sees me for who I am now in Christ and He has the ability to make me a vessel of honor.
PRAYER
Precious Holy Spirit, my soul long and yearn for you; come and make my heart your home, so I may be a vessel of honour to serve you and my community. In Jesus Name, Amen.
©️ MICHAEL LEMBESA
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