3RD JULY, 2023
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
PARTS, JOINTS AND BANDS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
Romans 12:4-5 AMP
For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use, So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another].
The Body of Christ is a gigantic spiritual creature, or organism of the same order of magnitude as each of the persons of the Godhead (Eph. 4:16).
It is made up of the Person of the second Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ as the Head, and billions of members or parts, connected by joints and bands (Col. 2:19).
In fact, what God did was to take the fulness of the second Person of the Godhead and divide Him into billions of smaller parts with Him, the Lord Jesus, as the Head (Eph. 1:22-23). So every Christian is a member or a part of the Body of Christ (Jn. 15:5).
What then are the joints and bands?
A joint is a connection between two or more members at the thought level (1Jn. 5:16).
So joints are to supply God’s mercy (Heb. 8:12), which gives the Blood of Jesus to cleanse sin (1Jn. 1:7), and the life of God (Jude 1:21), and so maintain the unity of the Spirit in the Church.
So every time the thought of a Christian, or a group of Christians, comes to your mind, the Holy Spirit is creating a joint or connection between you and them.
You should supply it with God’s mercy, giving them the cleansing of the Blood from any sins they may have, or are committing, and then also giving life to them, even if they are not sinning.
If every Christian does this, there would be a dramatic increase in the supply of the life of God to the Body of Christ, leading to great spiritual growth and victory over sin and death!
A band is a connection between two or more Christian when they pray for one another, especially in the Spirit in tongues with travail (Rom. 8:26; Jude 1:20).
Bands supply the power of the Holy Spirit for the strengthening and edifying of the Body of Christ and so edify the Body in love (Eph. 4:16; Col. 2:19).
It is the life that joints supply that becomes the fuel that the bands use to deliver power to the Body, to edify it for spiritual growth and victory over sin and death.
Every saint can pray for others in the Spirit (Eph. 6:18). But there are different measures of bands, or bandwidths, depending on the spiritual capacity of the Christians who are praying (Deut. 1:15).
Joints and bands are not restricted to man-made denominations and groups. They are spiritual connections that God uses to supply the Body of Christ, irrespective of man-made denominations, doctrinal differences, language, tribal differences or geographical locations.
The purpose of God is for every joint and band in the Church to become fully functional and effective, so the Church becomes spiritually healthy, strong and grows into the perfection and fulness of Christ (Eph. 4:13, 15).
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