Your place in the body of Christ || Victor Kaura

So we're looking at a series for this month. And

as we know, the Reverend is absence, is on leave

a man, so he's resting and he has charged us

to do this in absential, in his absential. So what

we're doing, what we're looking at, we're looking at you

and the church, You and the what and the church.

That's the series we're looking at.

And you and the church means that there's a relationship

within you and the church, isn't it. There's a relationship.

There's a relationship between you and who and the church.

And if there's a relationship between you and the church,

it means that the you that we are talking about

is a what is a believer? The you that we're

talking about is what is believer. So let's start from there.

The you we are talking about is what is a

believer and is relating to what to the church. So

the church is relating to you, which is what a believer.

So we are in a believers meeting this very morning?

Are we together? We're any believers meeting this very morning.

So if you've not given your life to Christ, if

you've not accepted his love and his works for you,

it is a good moment for you to accept him.

Have more and receive you.

Because what we'll be talking about is about those who

are in what in the church.

So this is a believer's meeting. Amen.

So the topic before us is your place in the

body of Christ.

So the series is you and the church.

But the topic before us is your place in the

body of Christ or your place in Hilo.

So let's look at the church. Let's go back to

you and the church.

Let's tackle that before we go to your place in

the body of Christ.

So what's the church? What is the church? So a

church is a Christian physical house of worship.

So the dictionary defines the church as a Christian physical

house of worship or a building where Christian religious services

take place.

So a church is this physical building we can see.

So let's start from the noon to the words to

the unknown away together. Let's start from what we can

relate with what we can see. So this building that

we're looking at, that we're inside, like this is what

is called the church is what we can call what

the church.

So now let's move forward.

In that definition, it says a Christian isn't it a

Christian physical house? So from that Christian let's go down

a bit. So the church is also a group of

Christian individuals who worship together. The church is what a

group of Christian individuals who worship what together. So the

first definition you can find it in Act to forty six.

You can just write that down. We talked about the

church as a physical building. So the second definition we

can look at it from Acts.

Okay, the cell.

Is not like that is why your sister somebody, we

can grow what's big.

So if a church, then we can work, we can

move forward.

So that definition is that a church is someone who

has made himself worth the temple of what the only goes.

Because you've been bought with a price.

You are not yours, you're not yourself, you're not your word, yourself.

You've been bought with a price. So now we've defined

the church. But now.

Just like I started, we said, you and the church,

we cannot define you. In my book, I just wrote

to you, and I wrote a Christian mark because you

have to be the.

One to define you. I cannot define you.

Even myself cannot define myself entirely in the God moves us.

So now I was where the Bibles was speaking.

It says everything is laid bre before him, because he

judged the content and the intent of our hearts. Are

we together he drodge the words, the content and the

intent of our hearts. So it is only him that

can make you know you better because in him we leave.

We move, and what have our words? Our being?

So if you don't know him, how can you know you?

And then what's function in the church? So it is

taking us back towards to the cross. When we don't

know him, we can't know us or we can't know ourselves,

and then we cannot function effectively what's in the church?

For some time now, that is what we've been having

with the youth. Come, let us reason together, what is

the reason? What is the issue? Why can't we be

what's be dedicated?

When you go back.

And find out that your life is is not sing

your righteousness is as what is as fauty rang, then

you begin to look for the righteousness that is worth,

that is glorious, and that's one it's not found who

it is founding in Christ Jesus. And when you are

able to find that, that is why you can be

able to function what in the church. That is why

I said this meeting is for believers.

This meeting is what is for believers.

And I believe that throughout the year we've been doing

a lot about servation and all of that.

So I want to believe that all of us in

here are what our believers. So it depends on you.

You need to define yourself and how can you define yourself?

You need to go back to so Christ. So now

we have our texts. I know I've not read from

our text. I needed to lead this foundation. Our text

is taken from Corinthians First Corinthians, Chapter twelve, from verse.

Twelve to twenty seven.

But before we read it, we need to still have

another backstory.

Away Together were.

Seemed to have a story of who these people are

and why this chapter twelve was written to what to them?

So now apposed to Paul was writing to whom. He

was writing to the Corinthian church. This was his first

letter to the Karnthian Church.

And he was writing this because he had a report.

I was a report.

The report was because there was what division in the church.

People were, what were misbehaving?

Door?

There were Christians away together, door, there were Christians. The

ac called upon the name of the Lord with a

pure heart. There were ste what mis behaving? So now

are they doing or were they're doing? So in first

crunchines three one to four we see that Paul called

them whats canal Christians bibes in Christ. You can just

check that quickly, Projector went, where's ncience? Come on projects first?

You just be projecting, will not be reading it.

Yes, So first clunchers three one to words one to four,

we saw that Apo called them words carnal Christians. He

called them whats can now Christians, don't they were Christians.

There were words still canna. We called them bibes in

What's in Christ? He called them what bibes in Christ?

And why was that? Because Paul had done his ministry

with them, and now Appollos went to don't do.

Ministry with them? And there was divisions. This one said me.

And for this pastor digital person saying may I'm for

this reference, may I'm saying for and for Apollos the

on a person say and for what and for Paul?

So there was what there was division. And I want

to believe our.

Our Bible reading that was taken in Acts Acts fifteen

was giving us a needs of the back story. I

want to believe that Apollos was what ate you, and

he came to talk to them about circumcision. Yes, he

came to talk to them about circumcision. Was telling them, no,

we don't have to go down the rounds. What God

is saving is your what is your spirits and your soul.

It's not saving your wor your flesh, because your flesh

with perish here and need to decay.

It isn't it.

So what he was trying to bring to them was

that you people are fighting over what is using less,

just the way children will be fighting over maybe spoon,

for example, They will fight over spoon, cry, and finally

they will drop that.

Spoon and go their way. Have you seen such things? Amen? Amen,

let's let's talk. Have we seen such things?

Children will fight over spoon, maybe for spoon, maybe sleepers.

They will fight, fight, fright, fights, cry, and before you.

Made they will drop it and everybody will go and

you'll be like Ozana, what was causing contention among them?

Osannah?

What's worth crossing? Fights amongst them? But they've dropped it

the doll who know where the sleepers will be in

the next one hour, the next five days. They've dropped it.

And they've moved on with their lives.

So that was the same thing that was happening towards

the Corinthian Church, and he was telling them, you believe

in like boops, so let's continue.

And our complain was that there was sexual words immorality

amongst them, first Coarentians five one to two.

Certainly that one even slept with his father's wife. It

was that band are we together?

And our complain was that there were court cases first

Criarenters six one to two. There were court cases. We

had land issues and we took it to the judge

who was an what an unbeliever to judge between the

both of us, us that are called ourselves what Christians?

We cannot come to a fine agreement amongst us.

You took it to what to the courts.

I'm not saying that if you have a reason to

go to courts you should not go more. I'm trying

to say that can you find another means? Can you

find another way to resolve it? Just like Jesus was speaking,

he says, if someone is taking you to the courts,

be his friend on the way to the courts, try

to resolve it, because by the time.

You go there it is time too. They will ask

of you, you will pay layers.

You pay this one, you pay that one, isn't it

you pay a lot and at the end maybe you

now lose the case. Then I asked you to pay fine.

On topic again, I wish together. So this were the

issues that they were having.

So a lot of them were.

Also having what they were having a struggle with what

godly marriage. They didn't understand how godly marriage should be.

That's the seven chapter seven once and three and chapter

eight once or two. There were some that were partaking

in what in easing things that were offered to what

to IDUs.

They were eating things that were offered to do to IDUs.

So they had.

Understanding that if I eat it, there's nothing wrong that

will happen to me because I now understanding, I have

an understanding that what I am not.

In Christ, I am a new creation all things that

are passed away.

But for others that do not, it's to make them

to stumble and need to make them to go back

and start doing all these festivals, all these ideal worshiping

because they feel like it's a normach into what to

eat it, But somebody is eating it out of knowledge.

Another person is eating it out of what ignorance? So

you're telling them that don't okay. So now this church

was in Christ, but the was they lacked their identity.

They were having what identity crisis? They were having? What

identity crisis? This wan I say, I'm from this one.

This wanta says this one.

I am doing this one.

I'm doing the one, all to the accent that when

they come for love feasts, sorry no love the Lord's Supper.

Somebody will go hidiankity food and eat a man. Maybe

that was right.

They started making the bread very small. Maybe it was

because of this church. Amen, he didn't get my joke.

Let's continue.

So some people who are going to hijack the food,

and I'm going it's I'm going it's up to the

support to them that before you come for low supper,

better it's in your house. Don't come ba finish our

food here. Don't come and finish better it's in your house.

Because some people want we hijack the food and going

to eat and others to not get food.

For low supper. So that was why we maybe we

began to make the bread very small.

The copner became small, so that you know, even if

you take double rational, you know, do you amen?

So this was what was what's happening?

And they had what an identity was crisis up to

the extent that in First Corinthians in love in this one,

what did Possy Persey imitates me as I imitate Christ.

So if you you do not have a map a bearing,

if you don't have an image to follow, follow me

as I watched, follow Christ. If you cannot read the

word for yourself and follow Christ, just follow all the

trees I did when I was with you, Just do it.

This that way. And that is a call for leaders.

That's the call for what for leaders?

That you can exemplify your life to an extent that

you can tell somebody that Mama follow.

You as I watch full of Christ. You can tell

someone who is younger than you follow you what you

see me do? Just do it like copy copyists you

pass you weren't heavy. That statement is a very burroom.

We need to think about it. It's a very profound

word statement. Can somebody copy our lives word for word?

Unlock it?

Or would somebody say ah, because I copied his life.

That is why I couldn't look it. That is why

this message is what is a believer? That's what needs

you and the Word and the church. It is all

that when we follow your life, we can't view the church.

When I follow my life.

I can't build the Word a church. All the thing

is that you show me did you heard from you?

So that possible? Speaking to the moody says all that

you read me see says what?

Pass it on to others, pass it on to others,

pass it on to other young men, pass it to

what to other young mens. So because of the identity christis,

will happened poor how to recommend that they follow him

as he as he follow Christ? So in the day

that the person stop following Christ, don't follow him.

Amen.

So let's bring a balance to that. So the condition

is that you follow me as I follow what Christ.

That's the condition. Let's continue. So now, due to all

of this division, something that happened in chapter twelve away

together something that happened in chapter twelve. So in chapter twelve,

Paul was not telling them that brilliant, I do not

want you to be unaware of the spiritual gifts. I

do not want you to be ignorant about what these

spiritual gifts, because it can come to an extent that

God will last I giving you people spirit try gifts

and this church will never recover him. Not this church, sorry,

but the Crenian Church. That was what Apple suppose trying

to talk to them about.

That's so what was he trying to say. Let's that's

really quick, one says.

Verse one says, now, first Chritians to a vest One says, now,

brother and sisters, I want you to understand about spiritual gifts.

Remember the Okay, let's just move on. There's four things.

There are different kinds of spirit trug gift, but they're

all from the same spirit. There are different ways to serve,

but serve the same Lord, the six and they are

different ways that God works in people, but it is

the same God.

Who works in all of us to do what to

do everything.

So now I was telling them that see, you can

now begin to have what spiritual gift sings. And in

this spiritual gifting.

What would mostly happen is that everybody will go to

form a clique. Everybody will form a clique and they

will leave the words the church a wing together.

So people that can speak in don't they will? God say, Ah,

these people they cannot speak in tomb. They're very un spiritual.

Let's go on our own church. That's why I said

our own words, our own church. Let's call it speaking.

His ministry starts people that can see that the Lord

has opened their eyes to see. They will go open

because of what.

Because they've been division rights from what right from time.

So because they've been divisional right from time, it would

be easy. It would be easy to divide now because

I now have my words, my gifts, I can now move.

I'm gonna build my own church.

Somebody asked the question doing Sunday school and said, what

if somebody had the dream and the parents mistook it

for something else, and and they're now they don't believe

the person and all of that. In my heart, my

heart of heart, I answered this. But in my heart

of hearts, one of the reasons is because we do

not have this diverse gift in the church anymore.

Are we together? We do not.

Encourage these diverse gifts anymore. And not because we do

not encourage it per se, but because we have not

been disciple.

Towards to that level. Are we together?

It is because we've not been disciple toward to that

level that you begin to work to be. You begin

to yeld for a spiritual gifts. You don't stop us

coming into.

Christ and giving your life to Christ, and you stop them.

You begin to yend forward for spiritual gifts such that.

Yes, I don't have money, civil and good I don't have,

but we can see in blind om and saying, receive.

Your sights, and it is words.

It is a place of what discipleship that we can

come into that word, that reality. So the apostles were

worth were all known men, we're no more people. There

were words learned men, no more people. But because they

stayed with Jesus, all happened to them. They were what

they were transformed, such that God handed over his ministry

on earth to them.

Hm He undered words over his ministry towards to them

on it.

And there was men lacking signs and words and wonders,

suchly that the aprons handkerchief of these men were healing people.

Those are words, signs and wonders, and those were what

gifts to serve the church. Those were gifts towards to

serve the word the church. So he came as a gift,

just that this man were a.

Drunkard, but he began to speak to them and their

their trunks began.

Towards to speak in their dinods, and that was what

the supernatural.

And it was easy for them towards to have three

thousand added to the church. Three thousand homnicroseds can add

three thousands to the church. Amniculus and holy services can

add three thousands to the church. So it is because

of that gifting and for the apostles, they used it to.

What to build the church. But it was warning the

Corinthian Church that if these same.

Gifts come upon you, you just gattered this church, because

everybody will go on, they're gonna start doing what's branding.

There's something called branding. Right now, you brand yourself as

a seer. You now have a social media page, you

now have this one, you have this one. You're now

a church on your own. But instead what should have

happened is that you're going to meet your pastor. I

can now see you, and the pastor will I welcome you. Okay,

let's see how we can build most years. Okay, somebody

is two three, Let's say how we can encourage that

person somebody has a world of words of encourage in

that person.

Encourage you no you don't have money in your account,

Encouragement that we come for you. It is as if

you want to go have a house in what's in

the wan.

That is what encouragement. Not everybody has that, but there

are some people that has that spirit of leadership. I

think one of the speakers doing the Uts and Race

Congress instead, he started his companion what's in his house,

started his company in his house, and right now it's

flying over the world. Imagine that kind of person is

in a church like this and it's a mean, let's

do something. Let's build instead of you leave in the church,

I'm going to start something and nest build the church

and we together. So now knows what he was trying

to work to find and that was and that brought

us towards to this tolve. So let's read the stuff

to twenty seven God the whole time, taking time, but.

Let's say how we can go through first with this.

A person.

Has only one body, but it has many parts. Yes okay,

yes they are many parts, but all those parts are

still just one body. Christ is like that too, you man,

cause I worry for me using a different vation from

what I studied. Okay, okay, thank you, yes, ma'am.

So so is christ h kay.

Is therefore not of the body. If the old body

were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the

old body were hearing, where would be or where would

be the smelling? But now God has said the members,

each one of them, and the body just as he pleased.

And if they were all one member, where would the

body be? World ver's no.

Verse trengthy okay, But now indeed there are many members

yet one body, and the I cannot say to the hand,

I have no need of you none.

Again, they add to the feet, I have no need

of you no much. Rather, those members of the body

which seems to be.

Weaker and necessary, and those members of the body which

are which we think to be less honorable. Of this

would be still great honor and a place. Our own

presentable part have great modesty. But our presentable parts have

no need. But God composed the body. I've been given

greater honor to that part which lets it verse twenty

five that there should be no ski zame of the body,

but that the member should have the same case for

one another.

Vers.

Twin to six, and if one members soffer, all the

members sofare with it, or if one member is honorable,

all the members rejoices, rejoice with it.

Vers.

Twenty seven.

Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.

Sins, all of you together and the body of Christ.

Each one of you is a part of that world

of the building.

So now.

This part of the bangle was trying to explain the

body of Christ using us, okay, and using our physical

body to explain it.

Well, now it does not explain it. It does. It

does explain it well. But here's it's in.

Unlike our physical body that is very much connect, are

we together all like our finished physical body that is

very not connected.

The way it is with us is that we can

decide to die and relieve together.

We can decide today and say I don't want to

be part of this body, and somebody else will take

your parts. So unlike our physical body that we cannot

just easily cut the finger and will feel the pin definitely,

just like the will. If one of us leaves the

body of Christ, there's what there's a grief, there's like

Heaven rejoices over one.

So that is what is saved. So that means if

a soul is lost, there will be what there will

be learning are we together?

So now, just like if we cut our finger, there

will be what there will be pin And that is

how it is when we leave, say I don't live now,

not to concern me with them again, isn't it that

is in the picture.

But because Christ is.

The word, is the head. And when you feel pain,

you feel it way in your head. There's that pain,

that sharpening that comes to your word, to your head.

And we're together. So now we are not trying to

explain our body or the body of Christ, just the

way our what our body is.

We're trying to explain the body of Christ just the

way our body is. And now we want to look

at your place in the body of what of Christ?

What is your place in the body of Christ? For

you you might think that you're not important, and for

you you think that you're the most importance. But what

has Christ toldos this money truth world?

He said, even that part that seems only important, it

is giving what Haney, It is what is giving what's harmed.

And it is that part again that.

You say, and.

I want to be eyeing everybody wants to be Eye

because I do want.

The ice now, so I want to be I. Everybody

wants to be here, and that is what that's worth.

That will not do us work, that will not do

us good. When everybody wants to be eye, everybody wants

to be worth's here. But instead if you think that

your old parts is.

That small parts and there's no health, no, no, what

is God telling.

Of this morning that you will bring what who needs

to eat? You bring what who not to eat? And

just like let's look back to and the virus and

all of this. Yes, immune system, how do you think

the immune system is being beautiful?

It is when we come in contact with the words

with gems.

So in as much as we think that germs and

not necessary, it is also what's necessary to vi our

what our immune system.

So by wrapping up, I.

Want us to come to the place of where we

locate our position, what's in Christ?

Our what our place in what in Christ?

And I've said that if you do not know you,

you will not be able to understand your position in

what in Christ. So for you to know and take

your position in the body of Christ, which is shed,

will stress answered the question who are you in Jesus Christ.

Who are you and what in Jesus Christ? So we

looked at Jeremiah today says what you are prophets. In

Psam's Oneted to Mine, it says you are fearfully and

wonderfully what we need. In John chapter one, verse twelve,

it says you are the son of what of God?

In First Grit, Un six nineteen to twelve says you

are the temple of the Word.

The Holy Gos. You have been more bought with the praise.

Second puter to verse nine says your words a choosing generation. So,

as believers, if all of these things have been said

concerning us and we still do not know our identity

we are in Christ, then there's an issue because when

you know yourself in Christ, then you can be able

to work to function in Christ. So you need to

know it and you need to work believe it. You

need to know your identity, you need to work to

believe it. So how can you also re locate to

your place in Christ. You need to work fellowship with

the Holy Spirit. You need to study, you need to pray, okay,

you need to meditate on God's world. You need to

long for it, passion you need to learn for what

for it?

That's Zeo. You need to have passion for it. That's

zer You need to work, have passion for it.

You need to live in what in obedience, serving in

what in the body of Christ, serving in Hilu the willing.

It would not be that we need to preach to

you all.

We need who recites Genesis to revelation to you before

you now say okay and we'll do it. That is

you agreeing to do it, and now the day for

you to do it. We want see you need to

know that we are in important as we're not here.

You imagine I was. You are here.

You think I will be able to communicate like this,

you know, but because we have evils to you and

that's what to listen, that's why I'm here. So please, please,

and please, let's take it to that that we are

important and we have a role to play in what

in the body of Christ. And it's only believers that

can do what play that's what play that role. So

I want us to know that we've been brought with

a word in price. Your life is not your own. Amen,

You've been brought with a price. Your life is what

is not your own.

And therefore you have towards glorify whats God. So how

much more can you glorify God if it is not

for you to want to serve Him.

And to do what good works. So in conclusion, it

is our service in ing that we all post what

identify and will place in will.

For some of us, we wanted to come revelation like this. Okay,

you're supposed to be in the ocean department. That is

where you are. That's your gift or that that's your gift,

is supposed to be pression. But the truth is that

you have towards starts.

It small, precept upon what precept, lines upon lines you

need to work. Start small one, start with the ocean departments.

If you are not to show h starts that's.

What that is what service.

And in a little way you see that God will

begin to open your heart to all that things. Starting

the music department before you leave, something is drawing you

toward today Sonday school. Starting this on the school before

you know, something is drawing you. In the pyramids, youth,

we need involunteers in the pyramids.

And also in the Soudi school department. So opinions, you

know this very morning. Please let's draw this and this

this department is the church, and so we can bring

about what good in the body of Christ.

So I plied with us. Service is open service that

we begin to know on our place. It is what

true service will begin to know our place in Christ

Jesus for muses he wanted to nod it over you happen,

he said, who made you runia over us? So he

had to go back and tend to ships, tend to

flox for over another how many years of his life

before when we were king, he was now recognized as

what as a leader? So please, it is true service

that no applas the consumation. So when he gave it

is one of them he was saving. But when he

came for him to functional, it was easy. Not to

the tax collector. He was then to ask collector Joe.

But when he was to function in the body of Christ,

it was easy. Same as Philip. He was saving food,

isn't it? He was saving food.

Then we got the opportunity to minister to the world,

to the Dupean age.

And after that the Bible recorded him as a vote

as a great evangelist, says Philip.

The great Word evangel come in by heads repras come

he answer the Lord. We bring us to the place

of service. We do not know it all.

If not coming to the fullness, if you're not coming

into perfection, but precept upon precept, linus upon lines. That

is when we begin to understand God's plans for us

by be saying says, do not confirm to the pattern

of this world, but be transformed by the.

Ruler of your will, that you may be able to

test good. God's good way is perfect way for us.

So it is not a one day journey to stay

go into your place.

Look, we have to fit in here and try. But

without willingness in your hearts. You will see that God

will now believe you what He wants you to do

in this body. Some of these Greeks and they of

good started to as let you don't say music departs

me and say the music department.

But here they are, and here as how the Lord

will help us. I think these mercies will help us.

Thank you for ansys. The bruce set with the Great