Members of the Body of Christ

When we consider the Body of Christ, and we all believe in this, we find many opinions.  Some try to establish their place, but we are positioned by God.  Some may feel they are the least in the Body, but if we consider the lying accusation of Satan to all of us, we may all feel this at one time or another.  The important thing is not to look on someone else and consider this!  Jesus warned us about this attitude.  Matthew 25:40, 45 (ESV) ⁴⁰ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

Jesus fulfilled the Law and then gave us a new commandment for the New Covenant.  John 13:34-35 (NASB)³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵ By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”   John lived out this commandment and knew how this had enriched his life so he exhorts us to love.  I John 4:7-12 (ASV)  ⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.   ⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.   ⁹ Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.   ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.   ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.   ¹² No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Satan does not only accuse us to ourselves but he accuses others to us to make us critical.  Don't let an accusation become an opinion that will rule your reactions to a member of His Body.  We have to set ourselves to walk in God's love and let our lives reveal His love to all.