Commissioned as a Choir

1 Corinthians 12:22-27 NLT

22 In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. 23 And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, 24 while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. 25 This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. 26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. 27 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

1. God chooses and .

Psalm 139:13-14 NIV

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

1 Corinthians 12:18-19 NLT

18 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19 How strange a body would be if it had only one part! 

Ephesians 2:10 NLT

10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

2. It’s only if we the . 

1 Corinthians 12:20-21 NLT

20 Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. 21 The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”

3. We need singing to complete God’s .

1 Corinthians 12:12 NLT

12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.