I AM A THUMB

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I AM A THUMB

• Who are you in the kingdom of God?
• Where to you fit in?
• What part of the body of Christ are you?

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We have many dumb sayings

• Do Chickens have lips?

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We have many dumb sayings

• Do Chickens have lips?
• When pigs fly!

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We have many dumb sayings

• Do Chickens have lips?
• When pigs fly!
• Wherever you go, there you are!

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We have many dumb sayings

• Do Chickens have lips?
• When pigs fly!
• Wherever you go, there you are!
• On the other hand, you have 4 fingers and a thumb.

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Thumbs

• Different, not like the rest, oddball, weird
• Shorter
• Fatter
• Have a bad reputation
• Clumsy people are all thumbs
• BUT they are strong, useful, handy to have
• Every computer user needs a thumb drive

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Judges 14-6

• 4 Then Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the
  Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand
  and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek. 5 And
  they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought
  against him and they defeated the Canaanites and
  the Perizzites. 6 Then Adoni-Bezek fled, and they
  pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs
  and big toes.

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Another passage

• 1 Corinthians 1214-26
• The church is a body with many different parts
• Each part has a different function and value
• There are many members but still only one body
• It is not fatal to be a thumb. Thumbs get a bad
  rap.
• Love the body of Christ love the thumbs.

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I AM A THUMB AND PROUD OF IT!
Janet knows that I am a thumb. She made this
cross stitch of Ziggy. Ziggy is also a thumb.
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Examples of Thumbs

• Peter was a thumb
• Defend Christ deny Christ
• Confess faith called Satan
• Refuse Christ fully accept Christ
• Timothy Too young 1 Timothy 412
• John Mark A quitter 2 Timothy 411
• Zacceaus Too short Luke 191-10

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I am a thumb

• In school elementary, middle school, into high
  school
• In sports and gym I was picked LAST
• In class I passed!
• If I got a B- I was excited
• Shortest in my class of 220
• In 10th grade I grew 11.5 inches

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Today Thumbs don't make it

• The world says you need four things to make it
  this life
• Money
• Beauty, sex appeal
• Brains
• Athletic ability
• Thumbs are broke, ugly, dumb, clumsy!

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Thumbs can be in heaven!

• Spiritual and eternal success does not depend on
  money, brains, beauty or athletic ability
• Spiritual success depends on who your Father is.
• God is my Father
• I am a child of the King

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Thumbs have - - -

• Peace

• Colossians 315 And let the peace of God rule in
  your hearts, to which also you were called in one
  body and be thankful.

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Thumbs have - - -

• Peace
• Purpose

• Galatians 220 I have been crucified with
  Christ it is no longer I who live, but Christ
  lives in me and the life which I now live in the
  flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
  loved me and gave Himself for me.

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Thumbs have - - -

• Peace
• Purpose
• Future

• 2 Timothy 47-8 7 I have fought the good fight, I
  have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8
  Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of
  righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
  Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me
  only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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Thumbs have - - -

• Peace
• Purpose
• Future
• Security

• 1 John 513 These things I have written to you
  who believe in the name of the Son of God, that
  you may know that you have eternal life, and that
  you may continue to believe in the name of the
  Son of God.

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Where do you fit?

• Are you part of the body of Christ?
• Where do you belong in the body?
• CHALLENGE
• Find what part of the body you are
• Do what you are supposed to do in the body