
GRACE & FUNCTION
4For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function. —Romans 12:4
Grace is the
Function is the
We see this explained in the following two verses…
5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them. —Romans 12:5-6
Function according to the
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6If prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith. —Romans 12:6
4There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. —1 Corinthians 12:4-7
Function in
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7Or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8he who exhorts, in exhortation. —Romans 12:7-8
Function with
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8He who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. —Romans 12:8
19Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. —Ephesians 2:19-22
Where God is present, the Spirit moves.