Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: I Corinthians 12

All The Members

All The Members

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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 

I Corinthians 12:26 

What happens to other believers affects us. We might tend to think that what happens to someone else does not affect us, especially if we do not know them, or if they live halfway around the world from us. Yet we are members of the one Body of Christ. We are part of something much larger than ourselves. The Body of Christ is all the redeemed of all ages. Our text reminds us, ‘if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.’ This points us to the integral relationship we have with other believers, many of whom we have not encountered and likely will not encounter in this scene of time. Christ has so ordained it that none of us lives without having effect on others whom He also has redeemed. This certainly affects how we think of others, how we pray for others and how we treat others. It brings us to imitate Christ in a greater way because we understand our vital connection to Him and those others He has redeemed.  

Our Good and Wise God, 
we rejoice that You have made us part  
of Your great Body. 
We praise you that You will gather us all together, 
into Your Presence. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
Jesus Is Lord

Jesus Is Lord

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Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief! 

Mark 9:24 

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.  

 I Corinthians 12:3 

It is a significant statement to confess Jesus as Lord. The man with the demon-possessed son addressed Christ as Lord. Paul, in writing to the Corinthians comments about what it takes for someone to say that Jesus is Lord. It does not occur except by the Holy Spirit. Many over the course of history have called Jesus Lord, thus pointing out the work of the Spirit in every age to draw souls to Christ and to the acknowledgment of Him as Lord. One of the most remarkable examples of this is David, one of the holy men of God who spoke by the Holy Spirit, who began the 110th Psalm with, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Christ makes a point of this statement in controversy with the Jewish religionists when He says, ‘What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, saying: The LORD said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Thus, to call Jesus Lord is significant because it is to recognize and give Him the honor due Him. When the man with the demon-possessed son called Jesus, ‘Lord,’ he was appealing to Him as the One Who had authority over the demon who was tormenting his son. We serve this same Lord. He has authority over all the things that have to do with us and whatever is occurring in our lives. We are not appealing to a lesser being than the Lord of Glory. By the power of the Holy Spirit we say, Jesus is Lord. 

Our Gracious Master and our God, 
we rejoice that You are Lord. 
We praise You that You send Your Holy Spirit, 
to reveal You to us. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

All The Members

All The Members

By |

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 

I Corinthians 12:26 

What happens to other believers affects us. We might tend to think that what happens to someone else does not affect us, especially if we do not know them, or if they live halfway around the world from us. Yet we are members of the one Body of Christ. We are part of something much larger than ourselves. The Body of Christ is all the redeemed of all ages. Our text reminds us, ‘if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.’ This points us to the integral relationship we have with other believers, many of whom we have not encountered and likely will not encounter in this scene of time. Christ has so ordained it that none of us lives without having effect on others whom He also has redeemed. This certainly affects how we think of others, how we pray for others and how we treat others. It brings us to imitate Christ in a greater way because we understand our vital connection to Him and those others He has redeemed.  

Our Good and Wise God, 
we rejoice that You have made us part  
of Your great Body. 
We praise you that You will gather us all together, 
into Your Presence. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

All The Members

All The Members

By |

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 

I Corinthians 12:26 

What happens to other believers affects us. We might tend to think that what happens to someone else does not affect us, especially if we do not know them, or if they live halfway around the world from us. Yet we are members of the one Body of Christ. We are part of something much larger than ourselves. The Body of Christ is all the redeemed of all ages. Our text reminds us, ‘if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.’ This points us to the integral relationship we have with other believers, many of whom we have not encountered and likely will not encounter in this scene of time. Christ has so ordained it that none of us lives without having effect on others whom He also has redeemed. This certainly affects how we think of others, how we pray for others and how we treat others. It brings us to imitate Christ in a greater way because we understand our vital connection to Him and those others He has redeemed.  

Our Good and Wise God, 
we rejoice that You have made us part  
of Your great Body. 
We praise you that You will gather us all together, 
into Your Presence. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
Jesus Is Lord

Jesus Is Lord

By |

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief! 

Mark 9:24 

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.  

 I Corinthians 12:3 

It is a significant statement to confess Jesus as Lord. The man with the demon-possessed son addressed Christ as Lord. Paul, in writing to the Corinthians comments about what it takes for someone to say that Jesus is Lord. It does not occur except by the Holy Spirit. Many over the course of history have called Jesus Lord, thus pointing out the work of the Spirit in every age to draw souls to Christ and to the acknowledgment of Him as Lord. One of the most remarkable examples of this is David, one of the holy men of God who spoke by the Holy Spirit, who began the 110th Psalm with, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Christ makes a point of this statement in controversy with the Jewish religionists when He says, ‘What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, saying: The LORD said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Thus, to call Jesus Lord is significant because it is to recognize and give Him the honor due Him. When the man with the demon-possessed son called Jesus, ‘Lord,’ he was appealing to Him as the One Who had authority over the demon who was tormenting his son. We serve this same Lord. He has authority over all the things that have to do with us and whatever is occurring in our lives. We are not appealing to a lesser being than the Lord of Glory. By the power of the Holy Spirit we say, Jesus is Lord. 

Our Gracious Master and our God, 
we rejoice that You are Lord. 
We praise You that You send Your Holy Spirit, 
to reveal You to us. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

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