Scripture: 1st Corinthians 12:1-7
The 2012 movie The Avengers was the story of a group of superheroes that banded together to battle an evil force that was bent on world domination. The only problem was, these superheroes had a hard time banding. For about the first half of the movie, they were each caught up in their own agendas. They squabbled. They backbit. They distrusted each other's motives. As a result, the whole was actually far less than the sum of its parts.
The funny thing is, with the exception of that "fight the battles we never could" part, that pretty much could describe God's plan for His church. And, unfortunately, the first half of The Avengers pretty much describes the way it often works out for churches. It certainly describes the way the church was functioning (or malfunctioning) in Corinth. So in 1 Corinthians 12, Paul gives a "Nick Fury" speech of his own.
