One Body Many Acts

How God Fulfills His Mission Through the Church

When we are “baptized into the one body” of Christ (Gal. 3:27; 1 Cor. 12:13), we are blessed with opportunities to function as part of the body (Eph. 4:9-16)

Romans 12:3-8 shows us: 1) each member of the body should be humble; 2) each member of the body can do something beneficial, and 3) the body requires different functions from each member.

Examine the text of Romans 12:3-8 below. Perhaps you would like to write teh text out and underline each command from God in the text and then highlight the ministries that you can do. 

Romans 12:3-8, “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.”

Each of us has something to do. What is it that you can do best? In what areas do you most lean on others?

Whatever talents you currently have, you can be an encourager. Ministry is difficult. Life is difficult. We find ourselves torn down far too often. Be an encourager. Lift someone up. Help them feel better and be better.