Body Love

Followers of Jesus were baptised into one body.

Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many (1 Cor 12:14).

The members of the body of Jesus are dependent on each other.

Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body (1 Cor 12:15).

The hand cannot say to the foot, your pain does not affect me, so I do not care about it.

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it (1 Cor 12:26).

If the foot is suffering, every member of the body should be feeling its pain.

The eye who has a professional salary, cannot say to the hand that has lost its income, your suffering does not affect me.

This is why John said,

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person (1 John 3:17)?

In one member of a body of believers has worldly wealth, and another is suffering in poverty, the love that Jesus requires is missing.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters (1 John 3:16)?

If love is working, there will be caring and sharing with one another. People will not be able to stay in poverty for long.