There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; and there are different ministries and the same Lord; and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good. A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit, faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit, performance of miracles to another, prophecy to another, the ability to tell spirits apart to another, different kinds of tongues to another, and the interpretation of the tongues to another. All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11, CEB)
We have all been given a different gift, so we each have a different part to play in the body. It takes all of us to make the body and all of us to be what God has created us to be in the world. Without any one person, we are not complete.
When we say that some people do not belong because they are not living the way we think followers of God should live we are saying that God messed up and we know better about God’s creation than God does. Because the Spirit gives as the Spirit will and to each one differently.
We are not the image of God without all people.
We need everyone else to be what God intended for us to be.
So love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
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