A traveler, as he passed through a forest saw a part of a huge oak, which appeared misshapen & almost seemed to spoil the scenery.
"If," said he, "I was the owner of this
forest, I would cut down that tree."
But when he had ascended the hill & taken a full view of
the forest, this same tree appeared the most beautiful part of the landscape.
"How erroneously," said he, "I judged when I
saw only a part!"
The full view, the harmony & proportion of things, are
all necessary to clear up our judgment.
- Olin (moreillustrations.com)
1 Cor 12:12-13 & 27 (ERV): “A person has only one body,
but it has many parts... Christ is like that too.
Some of us are Jews and some of us are not... But we were all baptized
to become one body… All of you together
are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body.”
“God cares nothing about our manmade divisions and groups
and is not interested in our self-righteous, hair-splitting, and religious,
man-made formulas and organizations. He wants you to recognize the UNITY of the
body of Christ.” - M.R. DeHaan.
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