Sermon Notes September 4, 2016
“The Church as the Body of Christ”
(Romans 12:4-8; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 27)
I. Every part of the body is _______________.
A. Every part of the body of Christ brings something
unique and ____________ to the body. (1
Corinthians 12:21-26)
B. The body of Christ will be ____________ and will
function well … as each part does its work.
(Ephesians 4:11-16)
C. Every part of the body of Christ is amazingly
___________. (1 Corinthians 12:7; Ephesians
4:7; 1 Peter 4:10)
II. It is when all the parts work like they are
supposed to that the body works ___________.
A. The church of Jesus Christ will never be fully
___________ to accomplish everything that God
wants it to accomplish until every single part of
the body of Christ is functioning in the way God
has designed it to function.
III._______________ out what God wants you to
be doing in His body and get busy doing what
God has assigned to you.
A. ____________ of American church members are
active in some kind of personal service in God’s
Kingdom.
B. ____________ of American church members
have no interest at all in serving.
C. The church is a ____________ giant.