• Oct. 28, 2006
Litle Paragraph

Okay, I just wrote this for school, a little paragraph comenting on, well, you'll see. :)

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made  - Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey

Chapter 7 – “Mutiny”

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The body must work as a unit, functioning in perfect unison.  If one part of the body, say a hand, foot, eye, or even a single cell is disloyal to its master; the body, everything goes awry.  Sometimes, the body’s own cells become disloyal, creating rapid tumult.  The body’s protector cells do not respond and kill the disloyal members because they are of the body and the protectors will not kill the body’s own. This is called cancer.  Disloyal to the end, these minute parts of our bodies multiply and grow, choking out everything that is important and finally killing the patient.

The same can be true of the body of Christ.  The body’s protectors do not fight those disloyal members within, because they do not understand how those inside the body could possibly disloyal.  As members of this eternal body, we need to keep in check our loyalty.  Are we the cancer?  We must fight these cancers within, and not stand by and watch the body be choked out.  It is possible to win.

Enjoy,

Sheila

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• Oct. 28, 2006
Hi!!!!

Posted by Liz

Is it still ok if I look at your blog and comment? I hope so. It is fine if you took me off of your friends list, I understand. Well, still come to my blog. Bye!!!!

~Liz~

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• Oct. 28, 2006
Body of Christ...

Posted by oratiomom

I like your paragraphs. My only note would be is what do we do with the 'cancer' this is in the Body of Christ? Are they really members of the body or intruders-more like a virus? I just have a hard time thinking them as good cells that just happened to go bad...were they really members to begin with?
Oh well, I think too much...

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• Oct. 28, 2006
Thanks!

Posted by ChristsInstrument

Thankyou both for commenting. :) Of course that's fine Liz, and yes, I'll visit yours. :)

Oratiomom: No! You don't think too much! I think you're quite right! I guess that is where the analogy fails. I also believe that those 'cells' were never really a part of our body.

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