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The head drives the limbs

While the word is true, it is just wrong for some human beings to appoint the people in the positions to do the work in the church of God. No one has the authority to teach, exhort, or appoint anyone to do so. That authority is the head. The one who preaches or instructs should first be empowered by the Lord. Next, I should clearly understand that the Lord has called me to a certain position in the body of Christ. Then the Lord will perform the work of the Lord with the ability given by the Lord in the position given by the Lord. It is easily known to the community. It is his responsibility to depend on the Lord and use his gift. What each of us must learn is to grow in personal fellowship with the Lord and understand His mind and know something in His body and the work He has appointed us to do and our place (at this time the body will quickly advance - beware. etc.). It is the head that directs and directs the work of every organ in the human body. Similarly, in the church which is t...

The head drives the limbs

While the word is true, it is just wrong for some human beings to appoint the people in the positions to do the work in the church of God. No one has the authority to teach, exhort, or appoint anyone to do so. That authority is the head. The one who preaches or instructs should first be empowered by the Lord. Next, I should clearly understand that the Lord has called me to a certain position in the body of Christ. Then the Lord will perform the work of the Lord with the ability given by the Lord in the position given by the Lord. It is easily known to the community. It is his responsibility to depend on the Lord and use his gift. What each of us must learn is to grow in personal fellowship with the Lord and understand His mind and know something in His body and the work He has appointed us to do and our place (at this time the body will quickly advance - beware. etc.). It is the head that directs and directs the work of every organ in the human body. Similarly, in the church which is t...

A place ordained by God

(1 Corinthians 12:18) "God placed every member in the body according to His will". God is sovereign. With this authority He has assigned to each member a place in the body of Christ according to His will, and placed it there to perform its special work in that place. It is a sovereign act of God. Apart from that, no one can get his desired position. When we are given a place in the body of Christ, we must remember that there is a special purpose for us to stay in that place and fulfill it in a special way. This is the practical side of truth. When we fulfill this in our lives, we do justice to the place we have been blessed with in the body of Christ. Everyone knows that. Let us note the words of our dear Lord in Mark 13:34 - "To every man he hath appointed his work."