Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2011-09-21 ILC Chapel — Through the power of the…

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Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are part of the body of Christ. Use the gifts He has given you to spread His Word.

 

Date : 2011-09-21
Speaker : Pastor Todd Ohlmann

1 Corinthians 12:4 (Listen)

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

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1 Corinthians 12:12–20 (Listen)

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves1 or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts,2 yet one body.

Footnotes

[1] 12:13 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

[2] 12:20 Or members; also verse 22

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Hymn: TLH 644: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow

Hymnary.org Organ Audio

1. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.