基督的身體

基督的身體
聖經閱讀：哥林多前書12:12-27 現代中譯本|合和本
2014年9月22日(一)

今天的經文是保羅寫給哥林多教會的信，這間教會就像今天許多的教會──他們有一些問題！保羅在今天的經文裡談到這些問題的其中一個。上帝已經賜給這間教會的人不同的能力來幫助教會成長，但是有些人卻認為他們的能力比其他人的能力重要。 　保羅教導這些基督徒彼此看待的正確方式，他將教會比喻作一個人的身體。一個人的身體有許多彼此分工合作的肢體，所有的肢體都是重要的，這樣身體才可以運作良好。同理，每個人在教會都有一項重要的工作要做，「你們就是基督的身體，而每一個人都是肢體」（第27節）。 　記得，在你教會裡的每一個人都是重要的，今天就因著你可以投入來堅固並建立祂的教會的事工而感謝上帝。 —SH* 「上帝按照自己的旨意把那些不同的肢體都安置在人的身體上。……其實，肢體有許多，身體卻只是一個。」 哥林多前書12:18, 20 禱告：天上的父，我願意幫助教會增長。奉耶穌的名禱告，阿們！ (李信儀譯)

Body of Christ
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
Monday, September 22, 2014

Our Bible Reading today was written by Paul to the church in Corinth. This church was like many churches today — they had some problems! Paul talks about one of those problems in our verses today. God had given the people in this church different abilities to help the church grow. But some people thought that their abilities were more important than other people's abilities. 　Paul taught these Christians the right way to think about each other. He compared the church to a person's physical body. A person's body has many parts that all work together. All parts of the body are important so that the body can work well. In the same way, everyone in the church has an important job to do. “All of you together are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body” (verse 27). 　Remember that every person in your church is important. Thank God today for what you can do to strengthen and build His church. —SH* “God put the parts in the body as he wanted them. He made a place for each one. So there are many parts, but only one body.” 1 Corinthians 12:19b-20 PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I want to help the church grow. In Jesus' name. Amen.