"Spiritual Gifts" Cont'd
1 Corinthians 12:3
when we are listening to speakers of God's word, pay attention to the content, and not the character of the speaker. Also the scripture states that anyone who calls Him, Lord, has to be of the body. Not just verbally calling Him Lord , but who's heart is actually calling Him, Lord. Some of us are soo busy reading the Word, that we stop actually doing it. Just bc u can Jesus , Lord, doesn't get you into Heaven. But the ones who call Him and live like it, that's how we get to Heaven. Verballization is the 1st step. You don't walk into salvation, God CALLs you into salvation, and He will know you are real by the way you walk.

Back to Verse 4, states that in the body of Christ, there are various gifts. Gifts are given from God, we didn't work for it. So we cant be arrogant about a gift that we didn't work for. God gave it to us. Gods gift is a calling, not a profession. God wants unity in diversity. We can't all do the same thing. Its up to us to see our Body of Christ is like a football team, every member has their role to get to one goal. Every person operating in the Gift that God gave them is significant. There are many gift, but they are all from the same spirit or source. The world will be better once we learn to live and walk in our giftedness. We are Gifted people.