被洗歸入基督的身體
哥林多前書十二章1至4節和12至14節
1弟兄們，論到屬靈的恩賜，我不願意你們不明白。
2你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被牽引，受迷惑，去服事那啞吧偶像，這是你們知道的。
3所以我告訴你們，被神的靈感動的，沒有說耶穌是可咒詛的；若不是被聖靈感動的，也沒有能說耶穌是主的。
4恩賜原有分別，聖靈卻是一位。
12就如身子是一個，卻有許多肢體；而且肢體雖多，仍是一個身子；基督也是這樣。
13我們不拘是猶太人，是希臘人，是為奴的，是自主的，都從一位聖靈受洗，成了一個身體，飲於一位聖靈。
14身子原不是一個肢體，乃是許多肢體。
信息分享
保羅非常關心哥林多的信徒，他希望他們能清楚認識聖靈在教會及信徒生命中的工作。在他的書信中，我們找到幾篇論及聖靈的重要經文。
保羅在這段經文中論及基督的身體，即教會。他指出聖靈將不同的恩賜分給信徒；而最重要的，是他描述我們是如何進入基督的身體。
當我們相信耶穌基督是救主，我們就得著重生。神赦免我們的罪，並接納我們是祂的兒女。聖靈進入我們心中，然後便引領我們進入基督的身體。聖靈這個行使主權的行動，我們稱為「聖靈的洗」。那意味著聖靈在我們心裡的工作是那麼的深邃、那麼的奇妙，以致我們仿如在基督的身體裡被浸潤著一樣。這就是「聖靈的洗」(13節)。
聖經沒有教導我們要追求這種聖靈的洗，而且，我們根本不用去追求，因為聖靈會主動做這工作。凡接受耶穌基督是救主的人，都會得到這聖靈的洗。
你若接受基督作為你的救主，那麼，你便屬於基督的身體。你已經成為祂身體的一部分，而你的生命也要永遠服事主。你有沒有盡上你的本分去服事基督和教會呢？
頌讚：
我能夠成為神家中的一分子，是何等榮幸的事。
BAPTISED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST
1 Corinthians 12:1-4 and 12-14
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
Message
Paul was very anxious that the Corinthian Christians should know exactly what the work of the Spirit of God really is, both in the church and in the individual believer. He actually gave several chapters to this tremendous subject.
Here in this passage Paul spoke about the body of Christ, the true Church. He mentions the fact that there are various gifts the Spirit of God gives believers. Best of all, he tells us how we enter the body of Christ.
When we believe in Jesus Christ as Saviour, we are born again. Our sins are forgiven and we become children of God.
The Spirit enters our bodies. Then he takes us and puts us into the body of Christ. This sovereign action of the Holy Spirit is described as baptism; That means the Holy Spirit's work in us is so deep, so wonderful, that it would seem as if we were immersed into the body of Christ. So it is called the baptism of the Spirit (v.13).
We are never told to ask for this baptism. Nor do we need to ask for it. The Holy Spirit does this on his own initiative. He does it for everyone who comes to Jesus Christ, by accepting him as Saviour. This is the one and only baptism of the Spirit.
If you have accepted Christ as your Saviour, then you are part of the body of Christ. You have been put there forever for a life of service for Christ. Are you doing your part for Christ and his church?
A PRAISE NOTE:
'I'm so glad I'm a part of the family of God.'