“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization does not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team.”—A.W. Tozer
The Bible illustrates the church as a human body, and the various members with different gifts make up the whole.
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
We are all so different in temperament, education, taste, experiences and energy, but we have all been placed into the church to make it what it should be. We should always be remembering it is a God-given gift, not natural talent, which makes us a useful member of the body of Christ.
May all of us take our position seriously and never do anything that would take away from who He is.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
Give it some thought.
Gary