A Healthy Body

The burden of the apostle Paul in the last part of 1 Corinthians is order in the church.  Enough of the upheavels, worship ought to be in order and honor God.  I love one statement of it in particular:  I Cor. 14:26- Let all things be done for building up.  Anything that tears at the body is not good in the church.  The church needs to be green and growing.  I am of the opinion that the church is like a body.  Keep it healthy and it will continue to flourish.  How do you keep it healthy?  Keep it busy.  As exercise is good for the body, so mission work is good for the church. Busy church members are normally not complaining church members.  The empty wagon rattles the loudest.  Another way to stay healthy is to keep the toxins out.  Personal sins are toxins to the church body.  Groaning and moaning are toxins to the church body.  Gossip and slander are toxins to the church body.  Negativity and stubbornness are toxins to the church body.  What we do, we do for God and it ought to be helpful and not hurtful.  Let all things be done for building up.   Let us always work hard to make sure that is one of our mandates that we abide by.  I look forward to seeing you in worship today.