Peter Roselle: The Sacred Assembly Called “The Body of Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:27)

Peter Roselle: The Sacred Assembly Called “The Body of Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:27)
Peter speaks at King of Kings Worship Center on 12/18/2022. “In God’s economy, each soul has its own value apart from all others. Jesus calls the people of His kingdom to help the weak and the friendless, the small and the frail, the mute and the poor, the ugly and the disfigured.”

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1 Corinthians 12
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

The Feast of Tabernacles
Leviticus 23 (Berean Study Bible)
35 On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
36 For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Matthew 18
20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

Isaiah 42
5 Thus says God the Lord,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:
6 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand;
I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
7 To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison,
those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
8 I am the Lord, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another,
nor My praise to carved images.
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

Acts 4 – Sacred Assembly of the Body of Christ
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

24 “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.’
27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Matthew 18 (Voice)
1 Around that same time, the disciples came to Jesus and questioned Him about the kingdom of heaven.
A Disciple: In the kingdom of heaven, who is the greatest?

Commentary:
The disciples struggle with the concept of the kingdom of heaven.
They do not yet understand that who is most important or most powerful is a contradiction in terms.

2 Jesus called over a little child. He put His hand on the top of the child’s head.
3 Jesus: This is the truth: unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 In that kingdom, the most humble who are most like this child are the greatest.
5 And whoever welcomes a child, welcomes her in My name, welcomes Me.
6 And do not lead astray one of the weak and friendless who believes in Me. If you do, it would be better for you to be dragged down with a millstone and drowned in the bottom of the sea.
7 Beware indeed of those in a world filled with obstacles and temptations that cause people to turn away from Me. Those temptations are woven into the fabric of a world not yet redeemed, but beware to anyone who lures righteous women and men off the narrow path.

14 Your Father in heaven does not want a single one of the tripped, waylaid, stumbling little ones to be lost.

Commentary
The wisdom of the world says the shepherd should forget that one missing sheep and chalk it up as a loss. In God’s economy, each soul has its own value apart from all others. Jesus calls the people of His kingdom to help the weak and the friendless, the small and the frail, the mute and the poor, the ugly and the disfigured.