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JULY 13, 2008 Resource by John Piper Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12–31 Topic: Baptism & Membership For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body

Emissaries/Apostles. Apostles are sent outside of the Congregation preach the Gospel and proclaim God’s Kingdom with power and authority over all demons and to heal the sick (Luke 9:1-2; Mark 3:13-15). Apostles are to continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word (Acts 6:4). They are commanded to go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of Yeshua and teaching them to observe all that He commanded the original twelve apostles which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, Yeshua the Messiah (Matthew 28:19-20; Romans 1:1-5). Prophets/Prophetess. Prophets are men or women (Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4; 2 Kings 22:14) moved by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21) to speak the words of God they receive through a vision, dream, or directly spoken by God whereby He puts His words in their mouth (Numbers 12:6; Deuteronomy 18:18). “He who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation,

Chanukah, which means dedication, is the celebration of the rededication of the temple on December 14, 164 B.C. after Judah Maccabee (Judah the Hammer) led 10,000 men of Israel, without proper armor or swords, against a trained and chosen army of 60,000 and defeated them. These men fought valiantly and were “ready either to live or to die nobly” (1 Maccabees 4:35) after the Second Temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, observance of the Torah was outlawed, an altar to Zeus was erected in the Temple, circumcision was banned, pigs were slaughtered on the altar, and many other atrocities took place. We celebrate this victory and rejoice during this season with family and friends while remembering that we too must be ready to stand for righteousness. Lastly, one of the most famous exchanges between Yeshua and the Jewish people happened nearly 2,000 years ago during Chanukah; “It was the Feast of Chanukah at Jerusalem. It was winter, and