Chapter 8 - The Integumentary System - The Universal Body of Christ

CHAPTER 8 - THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - THE UNIVERSAL BODY OF CHRIST

CHAPTER 8 - THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - THE UNIVERSAL BODY OF CHRIST

In your Quickened Made Alive Self Study Guide, please read the summary for CHAPTER EIGHT starting on page 40. Using this information and your KJV Bible, complete the sentences and scriptures below to the glory of God!!

1. The
constitutes the integumentary system. It is the
system of the body, containing connective tissues, blood vessels, nerves, glands and hair follicles
2. Integumentary means envelope. Skin encompasses all the
of the body: circulatory, digestive
muscular, reproductive, nervous, endocrine, respiratory and urinary systems
3. Looking at the back of your hand, you can see geometric shapes that connect and grow all over your body head to foot. Imagine that each shape is a
in the Body of Christ. Trillions of cells over the entire body represent believers in the panoramic Universal Body of Christ.
• The cells of the
are separated by a great distance from those on the
yet there is
body
• Some cells have bumps, others have spots or hair, yet the body is
4. The Body of Christ encompasses
nations, denominations and methods, yet there is
body. Jesus said
• John 10:16, “And other
I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring and they shall hear my
and there shall be one fold, and one
• The apostle Paul said, I Corinthians 12:5-6, And there are
of administrations, but the
Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same
which worketh all in all
5. Believers carry out functions central to the
of the Body of Christ, and the skin carries out many
essential to the physical body
• Matthew 28:19, Go ye therefore, and
all nations,
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Matthew 28:20, Teaching them to
all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
you always, even unto the end of the world

• Ephesians 4.16 ESV, The whole body joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

6. Skin covers the body and
the underlying tissues from drying out, from bacteria and from harmful light rays. When the skin is intact, it is a
of protection from external threats. Matthew 16:15-18 Jesus said
The gates of hell would not
against the church because the members
that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God.
• To protect the
of the Gospel of Christ and
its continuity, strength and stability, believers must live lives
with their beliefs
i. Ephesians 4:1-3, I beseech you that ye walk
of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering
one another in
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
• Philippians 1:27b, we must
fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the
7. In the panoramic Body of Christ, there is no class system, no
in regard to race, gender, social or economic status.
• Galatians 3:28, There is neither
nor
there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
nor female: for ye are all
in Christ Jesus

8. Throughout the skin runs:

Connective Tissue
Blood Vessels
Nerves
Glands
Hair Follicles
Ephesians 2:18, For
him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
19. Now therefore ye are no more
and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the
and of the household of God; 22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit