{"id":7590,"date":"2011-11-02T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:21:51","slug":"body-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/body-life.htm","title":{"rendered":"Body Life: Whose Responsibility is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Body living together in accordance with God’s design results in tremendous benefits<\/a> to both the Church collectively and as individuals.\u00a0 But, whose responsibility is it to foster Body Life within the Church?<\/p>\n

Bible Teachers Have the Responsibility of Teaching and Modeling Body Life<\/h2>\n

Body Life doesn’t come natural to us fallen human beings.\u00a0 We tend to live for self.\u00a0 Consequently, how to live life together as members of one another must be taught.\u00a0 Teachers have a wonderful setting for\u00a0helping students practice Body Life principles.\u00a0 Teachers also have opportunity to model Body Life.\u00a0 Click below for two teacher training worksheets that will help teachers build a classroom environment in keeping with God’s design for the Body.<\/p>\n

Teachers Either Block or Promote Community Worksheet<\/a>
\nIn Facilitating a Discussion, Everyone\u2019s Contribution is Valuable Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n

Church Leaders are Responsible to Help Us Function as the Body of Christ<\/h2>\n

Church Leaders have a platform for promoting Body Life.\u00a0 If they are going to effectively steer members toward God’s design, they themselves must also function in accordance with Body Life principles.\u00a0 You can evaluate how your leadership is promoting or detracting from God’s design for the church in the Body Life section of TrainChurchLeaders.com<\/a>.\u00a0 There you will find questions with possible responses.\u00a0 Clicking on the responses will provide additional input.
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Responsibilities Belong to Everyone to Be the Church of God’s Design<\/h2>\n

God has both commanded and enabled all believers to engage in Body Life.<\/p>\n

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  1. Each member of the body must heed the one another commands <\/a>of God to function as a body.<\/li>\n
  2. Every believer has been given at least one spiritual gift<\/a> to be used for the common good of the body.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Even if Bible teachers do not fulfill their responsibility in teaching and modeling it and even if church leaders do not actively promote and function within it, you are still responsible before God to do your part in living out Body Life principles.\u00a0 May this site be used by God to help you better understand God’s design for the Church and encourage you to do your part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In a previous post we tried to define Body Life. The results of members living together in accordance with God’s design for the Church are tremendous. But, whose responsibility is it to foster Body Life within the Church? . . . Continue reading Body Life: Whose Responsibility is It?<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t