So we are the body of Christ. Are we as individuals entire organs, like a nose or an eye, or are we cells (which weren't even conceived of when the Bible was written)? Like, are some of us epithelial cells, which line pretty much every tissue and can function almost everywhere, while others are rods or cones (the cells in your eyes that act as light receptors) that must be placed in an eyeball (and in contact with a neuron that connects to a brain cell, and in contact with vitrous humor with a clear cornea in front of that) to be useful?
So maybe various churches are the organs, and individuals are the cells in that organ?
Just me being a geeky Christian...let me know what you think...
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That's funny that you say that...We were talking about the body of Christ in life group a few weeks back and although we didn't talk about the individual cells...we did kind of go that direction for a little while. :-)
It's not nerdy at all! Hmm, I think the lungs are pretty cool, maybe I can be something in there...
I love your nerdy mind! :-)You're on to something.
That's a really interesting question. I always thought that passage implied that we all have different functions within the body. But I like your idea of being eph.(big word) cells where we can be of use many ways. Maybe that's why in Christian life we often find ourselves out of our comfort zone--God's telling us, ok now it's time to learn to be this way. If this makes any sense.
I guess I would say there are probably two ways to approach the illustration of the body of Christ. 1) Structurally: We are all individual organelles, that together form cells (communities, or small groups), that form larger organs (individual churches), that all help the body of Christ (the universal church) function.
2) Functionally: Basically what Rena said. Each person has a different function that allows the local body of christ (the local church) to function smoothly as a whole. On a larger scale, each local church has a different function that contributes to the larger body of christ.
- TR
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