EVERYONE BELONGS: A NEW SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION

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EVERYONE BELONGSA NEW SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION

• 1 CORINTHIANS 12 14-27

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• Now the body is not made up of one culture but
  of many. If the blacks should say to the whites,
  Because I am not white I do not belong to the
  body, it would not make it true. The blacks
  would still be a part of the body whether they
  dress the same or not.

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• And if the whites should say, Because I am not
  black, I do not belong to the body, it would not
  make it true. The whites would still be part of
  the body whether they clapped their hands or
  shouted loudly in church or not. It doesnt mean
  they are not filled with the Spirit.  

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• If the whole body was tightly structured where
  would the sense of spontaneity be? If the whole
  body was spontaneous, where would the sense of
  order be? As it is, there are many parts and many
  cultures, but one body.

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• The Chinese members cannot say to the African
  members, I dont need you! The African members
  cannot say to the Chinese members, I dont need
  you. The Korean small group cannot say to the
  Anglo congregation I dont need you.

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• The Anglo congregation cannot say to its Kenyan
  members, I dont need you. The employed members
  cannot say to the unemployed members, I dont
  need you. The home owners cannot say to the
  homeless, I dont need you The addicted cannot
  say to the non-addicted, I dont need you.

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• The city corps cannot say to the country corps,
  I dont need you. Aboriginals cannot say to
  non-Aboriginals, I dont need you.
  Non-Aboriginals cannot say to Aboriginals, I
  dont need you. The Sudanese members cannot say
  to the Anglo members, I dont need you.

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• The Anglo members cannot say to the Sudanese
  members, I dont need you. On the contrary,
  those parts of the body that seem to be weaker
  are not to be dismissed or discarded as if they
  dont matter.

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• They are Gods special instruments of honour to
  reveal an aspect of God that would otherwise not
  be seen or experienced. There really is no part
  of the Christian body that is to be dismissed as
  unimportant. They all matter!

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• If Palestinians Christians suffer, we all suffer.
  If Iranian Christians are freed from persecution,
  we all rejoice with them. If Aboriginals advance
  we all rejoice with them. Now you are the body of
  Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.