Although we rarely hear of leprosy anymore (apparently it does still happen in places like India though, aka Hansen's Disease), there is a much less obvious, but even more serious one that persists in spiritual terms. Left and right, all around us, there are members in the body of Christ that are rotting away as we speak. What I find most amazing about leprosy, is that up until very recently, there was no cure, only divine intervention ever healed anyone of the disease. And today our spiritual sickness is still only curable one way, through that of our savior Jesus!
"For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." (Colossians 2 :9-10)
Just like Brian mentioned tonight (by God's spirit) that "the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you. (I Corinthians 12:21), so too can our Head not say to us, 'I have no need of you'. It is important for us to look at the disciples as examples of people no different than us; it is the One who called them who made them qualified. It was awesome to get together with IV tonight; this wass an excellent chance for us to be reminded of how similar we are in our needs, if not our spiritual gifts. As I looked at some of the gifts written on the various body-part shaped papers, it felt like a small view of what God sees when He looks down at us; a body of beautiful opportunities that just need the right catalyst to set into motion. That catalyst is Christ, and once we overcome that activation energy there will be nothing to stop us, even the gates of Hades (sorry, I've been studying for biochem today ;p).!
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