What if I told you there was a machine that could do 100,000 cycles a day. About 3.5 billion in it's working lifetime. A small machine, it takes wear and tear put on it, filters junk, and is about the size of two human fists.
It is an impressive resume, is it not? And it should be, as that machine is our human heart!
But as amazing a piece of engineering by God the heart is, it's still useless outside of the body.
If you take it out of it's support, it's connective tissue, it would cease to function as it was designed to.
So is it to with a church member. A christian cannot fulfill all of their functions in scripture if they are not part of a local church body.
Much like an embassy in a foreign land is a representative of another country, so to is the church. Of another kingdom, the Kingdom of God.
Hebrews 13:15-19 admonishes us to submit ourselves to the leaders in authority over us. Meaning, those leaders of the local church that you are a part of, as they will give an account of you.
A church member has a few characteristics.
A church member is one who submits.
A church member is one who is in relationship with "one-anothers" in the church.
A church member is one who serves those in the body of Christ with them.
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