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DISCHARGING THE DELUSIONAL IDEOLOGY OF SPIRITUAL ORPHANS!
Romans 12:4-5 I Corinthians 12:12-26
Galatians 3:26
[Conveying the FACT that the church is a spiritual family]
Discharging - to relieve of a charge, load, or burden.
Delusional - something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated. B: A persistent false
psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite
indisputable evidence to the contrary; also: the abnormal state marked by such beliefs.
Ideology - A manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture.
Orphans - a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents.
Romans 12:4-5 (KJV)
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For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
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So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 (KJV)
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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ.
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For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether
we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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For the body is not one member, but many.
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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body?
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And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of
the body?
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If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were
the smelling?
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But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
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And if they were all one member, where were the body?
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But now are they many members, yet but one body.
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And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I
have no need of you.
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Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
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And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow
more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
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For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given
more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
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That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care
one for another.
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And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured,
all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 (ASV)
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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many,
are one body; so also is Christ.
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For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or
free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
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For the body is not one member, but many.
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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of
the body.
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And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not
of the body.
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If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were
the smelling?
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But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.
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And if they were all one member, where were the body?
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But now they are many members, but one body.
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And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have
no need of you.
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Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
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and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more
abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
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whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more
abundant honor to that part which lacked;
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that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care
one for another.
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And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored,
all the members rejoice with it.
Galatians 3:26 (ASV)
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For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
HOUSEHOLD / FAMILY (in some translations)
1 Timothy 3:14-15 (ASV)
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These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
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but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of
God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Ephesians 2:19 (ASV)
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So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and
of the household of God,
I. What We get from where we belong:
A. ID Believers Ephesians 2:19 (text above), Romans 12:5 (text above)
B. Family for Support & Encouragement Galatians 6:1-2, Hebrews 10:24-25 (text below)
C. A place to discover & use talents Matthew 25:14-30, Ephesians 4:11-14
D. Protection from family protectors Hebrews 13:17, Acts 20:28-29
E. Accountability Ephesians 5:21
II. Individuality or Family? Acts 2:47 (Expert that noted America advances the individual)
III. Vital members of living organism not just some type of institution!
Galatians 6:1-2 (KJV)
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Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Hebrews 10:24-25 (ASV)
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and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
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not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one
another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.
Matthew 25:14-30 (ASV)
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For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto
them his goods.
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And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his
several ability; and he went on his journey.
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Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five
talents.
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In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.
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But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
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And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.
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His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two
talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.
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His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a
hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;
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and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.
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But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I
reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;
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thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have
received back mine own with interest.
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Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.
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For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that
hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
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And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and
the gnashing of teeth.
Ephesians 4:11-14 (KJV)
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And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;
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For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ:
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Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
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That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind
of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Hebrews 13:17 (KJV)
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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls,
as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is
unprofitable for you.
Acts 20:28-29 (KJV)
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Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath
made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing
the flock.
Ephesians 5:21 (KJV)
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Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Acts 2:47 (KJV)
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Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily
such as should be saved.
Ephesians 3:14-15 (KJV)
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For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, [See commentary below]
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,—The whole family—servants, angels, the
spirits of just men made perfect in heaven, and Christians on the earth—are one family named from the
head and Father, God, as the human family takes its name from the head and father of the family.
Gospel Advocate Commentaries - New Testament Commentary – A Commentary on the New
Testament Epistles: Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians.
Of whom the whole family. The more natural interpretation. The whole "family of God" means all his
children; and the idea is, that they all bear the same name, derived from the Redeemer; all are
Christians. No matter where they are, in heaven or in earth; no matter from what nation they are
converted, whether Jews or Gentiles, they an have one name, and one Redeemer, and all belong to one
family. See Ephesians 4:4-6 [Below]. Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical.
Ephesians 4:4-6 (KJV)
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There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
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One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
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One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
THE “FEEBLE” PARTS OF THE BODY! [Feeble members of the family]
1 Corinthians 12:22-23 (ESV)
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On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
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and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and
our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
Which seem to be more feeble. Weaker than the rest; which seem less able to bear fatigue and to
encounter difficulties; which are more easily injured, and which become more easily affected
with disease. It is possible that Paul may here refer to the brain, the lungs, the heart, etc., as more
feeble in their structure, and more liable to disease, than the hands and the feet, etc., and in
reference to which disease is more dangerous and fatal.
Are necessary. The sense seems to be this: A man can live though the parts and members of
his body which are more strong were removed; but not if those parts which are more feeble. A
man can live if his arm or leg be amputated; but not if his brain, his lungs, or his heart be
removed. So that, although these parts are more feeble, and more easily injured, they are really
more necessary to life, and therefore more useful, than the more vigorous portions of the frame.
Perhaps the idea is-and it is a beautiful thought-that those members of the church which are most
retiring and feeble apparently; which are concealed from public view, unnoticed and unknownthe humble, the meek, the peaceful, and the prayerful-are often more necessary to the true
welfare of the church than those who are eminent for their talent and learning. And it is so. The
church can better spare many a man, even in the ministry, who is learned, and eloquent, and
popular, than some obscure and humble Christian, that is to the church what the heart and the
lungs are to the life. The one is strong, vigorous, active, like the hands or the feet, and the church
often depends on them; the other is feeble, concealed, yet vital, like the heart or the lungs. The
vitality of the church could be continued though the man of talent and learning should be
removed-as the body may live when the arm or the leg is amputated; but that vitality could not
continue, if the saint of humble and retiring piety and of fervent prayerfulness were removed,
any more than the body can live when there is no heart and no lungs.
(*) "those members" Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, 9:14,15
Verse 23. We bestow more abundant honour. Marg., "Put on." The words rendered "abundant
honour" here refer to clothing. We bestow upon them more attention and honour than we do on
the face that is deemed comely, and that is not covered and adorned as the other parts of the body
are.
More abundant comeliness. We adorn and decorate the body with gay apparel. Those parts
which decency requires us to conceal we not only cover, but we endeavour as far as we can to
adorn them. The face in the mean time we leave uncovered. The idea is, that in like manner we
should not despise or disregard those members of the church who are of lower rank, or who are
less favoured than others with spiritual endowments.
(*) "bestow" "put on"
(*) "parts" "members"
Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical.