Within the Body of Christ, as part of the Church, Paul encouraged us to not be uninformed. He wanted us to know that there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are three categories of three gifts each:
-Know supernatural: discerning of spirits, word of wisdom, word of knowledge
-Speak supernatural: prophecy, different tongues, interpretation of tongues
-Act supernatural: faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles
All of those gifts are given to us as if we are the mailman. It is not for us to be glorified, but for us to receive those gifts and give it to someone who need it as a mailman and glorify the Sender by writing His name and address on the top-left corner of the mail. We are to use them to encourage one another by love. Like how the ants use their Holy Antenne to communicate with one another (Prov 6:6). If one ant died, they all will come together to carry the deceased ant! If one ant found a rich pile of food, then it will rejoice and call other ants through the antenne, so they will come together to carry those rich foods! "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together."
We need to watch those ants and learn from them about the harmoniousness, and see how we may be like them in edifying one another rather than oneself through His spiritual gifts. "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." Whatever should break someone's heart should break His heart and because His heart is broken, our heart should be broken as well! So we should break our hearts together as a Body of Christ. It doesn't matter if we come from different races, cultures, traditions, languages, churches, etc, but we all come from the same Spirit.
No comments:
Post a Comment