Sermon Tone Analysis

“One Lousy Thumb!”

Theme : All members are of great importance when they are doing the will of God.

We are all members of the same body of Christ.

*/1 Corinthians 12:12-25 (KJV)/*

12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also /is/ Christ.

13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether /we be/ Jews or Gentiles, whether /we be/ bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

14 For the body is not one member, but many.

15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

17 If the whole body /were/ an eye, where /were/ the hearing?

If the whole /were/ hearing, where /were/ the smelling?

18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

19 And if they were all one member, where /were/ the body?

20 But now /are they/ many members, yet but one body.

21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 And those /members/ of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely /parts/ have more abundant comeliness.

24 For our comely /parts/ have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that /part/ which lacked: 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but /that/ the members should have the same care one for another.

The Arbys restaurant company has a commercial out which I am sure you are all aware of.

This shows the famous Arbys “Oven Mitt” all covered in pieces of tin foil saying I’d like to see how fast you could wrap a sandwich with one lousy thumb “One Lousy Thumb!” yet often that is all a church has many times there are people who upon thinking their position in the church is unimportant or that it isn’t as important as others they just quit!

*/Romans 12:4-5 (KJV)/*

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, /being/ many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

1 Corinthians 12:27-31 (KJV)

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

29 /Are/ all apostles?

/are/ all prophets?

/are/ all teachers?

/are/ all workers of miracles?

30 Have all the gifts of healing?

do all speak with tongues?

do all interpret?

31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

Romans 12:3 (KJV)

3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think /of himself/ more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.