Members of Christ

“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? …” 
1 Corinthians 6:15(KJV)

A lot of Christians have not really come to understand who a Christian is and that is why they don't have faith in what God has made available. Paul the Apostle asked the Corinthian Church in our opening scripture, “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?” This was because many of them were not functioning and living their lives with that understanding. So he had to let them know that their bodies were members of Christ. This means that your body is no longer yours anymore, in other words, what God will not tolerate in the body of Jesus Christ, He will not tolerate in your body.

The Bible also lets you know in 1 Corinthians 12:27 that, “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” As a member of the body of Christ I want you to know that whatever authority is given to the head(Christ) is also given to the body(You). This means that the power that flows in Christ who is the Head, also flows in you because you are the body of Christ.

Therefore, the Bible tells us in Ephesians 5:23, “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”  This means that all authority that has been given to Christ has been given to us because we are the body of Christ. So our union with Christ empowers us to cause whatever bows to Him to bow to us. Whatever obeys Jesus ought to obey you because you are the body of Christ.

CONFESSION
In the Name of Jesus I declare that I am a member of the body of Christ, therefore every authority and power that flows in Christ flows in me. I have been empowered by my union with Christ to command obedience in every sphere of life.

For further study read:
Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 1:22-23, Colossians 2:10, Ephesians 5:29-30.

DOING THE WORD
Keep your body holy because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit.