![]() ![]() How can that fact break down the walls of separation and mistrust that create divisions even among Christ-followers? How can that enable Christ-followers to become models and agents of healing to the larger world? What forces in you try to keep the walls in place? It is a fact, not an opinion, that people from many different races and backgrounds love, worship and serve the same Lord.And that unity is so much bigger, he said, than any division by race or social status. With all our different backgrounds and gifts, we all form one body-the Body of Christ. We all serve one Lord, we’re all led by one Spirit, we’re all the children of one God. But the apostle Paul was convinced that those of us who follow Christ must model for the world that what connects us to one another is far greater than anything that might divide us. We humans are different from one another in many ways. ![]() 13 We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we all were given one Spirit to drink. 11 All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person.ġ2 Christ is just like the human body-a body is a unit and has many parts and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. 8 A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit, 9 faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit, 10 performance of miracles to another, prophecy to another, the ability to tell spirits apart to another, different kinds of tongues to another, and the interpretation of the tongues to another. 7 A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good. 4 There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit 5 and there are different ministries and the same Lord 6 and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. 3 So I want to make it clear to you that no one says, “Jesus is cursed!” when speaking by God’s Spirit, and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
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