1 CORINTHIANS ~Chapter 12
Brethren, I do not want
you to be ignorant in regard to spiritual gifts. This you know, that while you
were pagans you sought to worship dumb idols, just the way you had been taught.
For this reason, I want you to know this: no one who speaks by The Ruach says
that Yeshua is accursed, and no one confesses Him as *Adonai except by the same Ruach.
There are different
kinds of gifts, but it is the same Ruach who gives them. And there are
different kinds of service, but it is the same Adonai to be served. And again,
there are different ways of doing things, but it is the same God Who uses these
ways – **different ways in different men –
throughout.
To each one is given
the manifestation of The Ruach, for the good of all concerned. To one, The
Ruach gives a word of wisdom. To another, the same Ruach gives the word of
knowledge. One man receives faith and another receives the gift of healing;
both from the same Ruach. And so on … one can perform miracles, another can prophesy,
another can discern between spirts, another can speak in different tongues;
another can interpret the tongues. It it is the one and same Ruach Who is at
work, distributing His gifts to each one individually according to His good
Will.
A man’s body is a
unity, though it has many members. All the members of the body, though many,
are one body. So it is with Mashiach. And by one Ruach we have through baptism
been made members of one body – Jews and Greeks alike, slave & free – and all
have been given to drink at one Source, and the one Ruach.
However, the body, does
not consist of only one member, but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I
am not a hand, I am not part of the body”, would it any less belong to the
body? And, if it could say to the ear, “I do not belong to the body”, is it not
part of the body just the same? If the whole body were an eye, for example,
where would be the hearing? Or, if the whole body were an ear, where would be
the sense of smell? Now, as things are, Elohei has placed the organs of the
body, each one of them according to His own Plan.
If all the parts were 1
single organ, where would the body be? As it is, though, we have many parts,
yet only 1 body. So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you”; nor
again the hand to the feet, “I have no need of you”. But much rather it is the
members of the body which seem to be the weaker that are the most indispensable.
And those organs of the body which we regard almost devoid of honor, are those
we surround with special honor, and the more private parts are treated with the
greatest modesty and respect. Those parts in us which are more beautiful have
no need of such care; and so Elohei has built up the body harmoniously, giving
more honor to those parts that need it the most. There was to be no lack of
unity in the body. All the members of it were to be concerned about their
common welfare. Then, if one of the parts suffers pain, all the other parts
feel that pain; and if one part is honored, all the other arts have found joy
in it.
Now you are the Body of
Mashiach, and individually you are members of it. In His Church, Elohei has
made arrangements: first, Apostles; second, Prophets; third, Teachers/ Also,
workers of miracles, men with the gift of healing; helpers and administrators;
speakers in foreign tongues, & interpreters. Are all the members apostles?
Are all of them prophets? Are they all teachers? Do they all work miracles? Do
they all have the gift of healing, or speak in foreign languages, or interpret?
As for you, desire earnestly the higher gifts. I will show you a far better
way.
*NOTE: Yeshua IS God … and yet, Yeshua is A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM God – There
are 3 in the Godhead: Father, Son, Holy Spirit – ALL ARE GOD; yet, all are
unique and have defining attributes that work in harmony to make The One True
God.
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