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<v SPEAKER_00>Well, welcome everyone.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's great to see your faces this morning.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This morning, in a few moments, we're gonna talk in the sermon about the body.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is one way that the Bible talks to us about the church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It describes the church like a body.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And what it says about the body is that all of the parts of the body are important.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I have a little uh thing I want to um illustrate by this.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so maybe I'm gonna pick on my friend uh Carl.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Carl, you want to come here?

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<v SPEAKER_00>You want to you want to illustrate this for me?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Uh all I want you to do, I'm gonna move my cheer a little bit, is I want you to walk maybe halfway down the aisle and then just walk back.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Really easy.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Just walk down the aisle, walk back.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Very good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Thanks, Carl.

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<v SPEAKER_00>All right, now I want you to do something else for me.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I want you to remove one of your your legs.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So just maybe just walk down the aisle with one leg instead of two.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Good, good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Hey, you're good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Okay.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now I want you to do it with no legs.

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<v SPEAKER_00>A little hard, huh?

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<v SPEAKER_00>All right, no, you don't you don't know how to do that, okay?

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<v SPEAKER_00>You can be seated, John.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I'll be Carl.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now, hey, what did you learn in seeing Carl do that?

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<v SPEAKER_00>What's one thing you learn as you observe Carl do that?

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<v unknown>Each part does one thing.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Yeah, each part does one thing, yeah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>What was that, sorry?

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<v SPEAKER_00>He walked on one leg, yeah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It was a little bit harder than when he was walking with two legs.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Yeah, so what does it tell us?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Well, it tells us that each part of the body is very important, doesn't it?

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that when even one member is taking it away, we're not as good as we're able to be.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We don't function as well as we're able to be.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But then take away another member of the body, and it's even harder, right?

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<v SPEAKER_00>I only took away two members, and you saw how hard it was for Carl to move.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Well, the body is like that, and and and we need every part of the body to be working.

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<v SPEAKER_00>That is a good sign of maturity in God's body, the church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so I want you to know that each part of the body is important.

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<v SPEAKER_00>You, you are important, and you're important to this body.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The second thing that we learn is that we have gifts.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We are gifts, and we have gifts to one another that we do use for one another, so that God's body, the church, is built up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so you have gifts to share with other people.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Jesus gives us gifts to share with others.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that is a wonderful thing too.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I want you just to think for a moment how that happens in our body.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Have you ever tried to tie your shoelaces without your hands?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Anyone?

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<v SPEAKER_00>I still can't figure out how to tie my shoelaces without my hands.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I think I want to use my teeth.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so our hands are very important to helping out our feet, aren't they?

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the body is like that too.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We need different parts of the body to function so that we can help one another and we can serve one another and we can become a more fuller expression of who God wants us to be.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so that's the other thing I want you to remember today.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Not only are you important, but you have gifts to share with one another.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that is very important too.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So thank you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Thanks for coming.

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<v SPEAKER_00>You can be seated.