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1Cor.7:17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

What has the Lord distributed to each person in the body of Christ Jesus, frankly, everything in their new personality, why? Because they are a new creation in Christ Jesus as a body member, they are dead too the old self, and are living as a member of Christ body for God's glory.

Ephesians 2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

Other body member can certainly see what is lacking in another body members by their own gifts, but they cannot say why Christ chose not to give the body member a certain gift or not? They can rest that Jesus Christ as the head of the body is not delinquent in distributing gifts, subsequently, leaving his headship to other body member too give the person a gift. Hence, more importantly each body member must remember they cannot become a fleshly part in the spiritual body of Christ Jesus, thus, living in jealousy, and discontentment trying too legislate gifts into other body members they believe are lacking.

Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

For example, the gift of being single as Paul speak too hear, nor should body members feel superior because God has given them a gift in some area that others don't have. When we look at are own body we can see how foolish a person would be in legislating rules to make a hand act like an eye, there is a vast difference between these two part, no one would feel these two body parts need to be the same, no! We should intelligently understand the body was formed while in the womb outside of any human control, and each part was placed for good for the whole body.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

So should not each body member put faith in God forming, and giving of gifts to the body of Christ Jesus?

Rom.12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. 12:4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function, 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 12:6 Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith.

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