Today I read 1 Corinthians 12 which is mainly about Gifts of the Spirit. Paul talks about them and how we cannot all have all the gifts of the Spirit, but rather the gifts work in harmony and that if we did not have them all we would not be able to function properly. He does this by comparing the Church of God to the body. He talks about how the body is not whole without all of its parts and so likewise is the church not complete without all the gifts of the Spirit.
Paul also talks about how in the Church of God there are Apostles and Prophets. Yet another instance where it is clear as clear can be in the Bible. I wonder how people can rationalize away the fact that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church with Apostles and Prophets, at least that I am aware. But Paul states that the Church of Christ will have these offices and that they are necessary. It just is very interesting to me how so many people seem to just ignore the parts of the Bible that they are not interested in or do not want to believe in, so they just flat out ignore it, or make rationalizations as to why it does not apply to them. But again, if God is no respecter of persons, how are they different than anybody else? They need to listen to the Spirit and do as it directs them just as much as I do. They need to understand that God does not change, not yesterday, not today or tomorrow. Anytime it looks like He has, it is actually His people that have changed, like we stated before. We have to do what is right and become the best people we can be. As we make those changes, we will become better men and women and will become more like He is. And that, as we have said dozens of times before, is our ultimate goal. Until tomorrow.
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