There are no Jews, no Greeks etc Part 25

So many people have asked me what about tongues, what about prophesy? Some have even said that I would not be blessed because I had not been given a tongue. To that I respond that just because tongues, prophesy, even evangelism, are spoken of biblically, that does in no way mean that 1) those are still present, 2) those are the only gifts that God can dole out. Those are examples of differences. For example, Paul doesn’t mention metalworking or carpentry or farming. Does that mean that is not those are not gifts and talents from God? No, when the focus is upon the “spiritual” gifts rather than on the purpose of diversity within God’s created human race, then people miss the point. What really matters is unity in the body. What really matters is that Christ wanted and wants His apostles to go preach, teach, evangelize, and baptize and that builds the Church. Talents are just icing and for the benefit of those without access to the written word. Jesus tore all the boundaries down making peace through His loving Spirit, and too often we, including me, want to put the boundaries back up by not being in His Spirit, by not allowing the Spirit to work in us as Christ would move in us. We are all part of His household. (Ephesians 2:14-22). He made the Church because His great sacrifice unified and provided me and everyone else here with God’s grace in order to come into the Household of God. If we follow only God, listening only to Him, resting only in Him and do what He tells us (Hebrews 12:23-29), then we can assume our place in Him and we will reside in a beautiful and precious city. (Revelations 21:9-27; Revelations 22:1-5). Numbers are unimportant to God, only to express the diversity of His creation.