5. Who brings us into the one body of Jesus Christ? 1 Corinthians 12:13.
NOTE: ‘By a comparison of the church with the human body, the apostle aptly illustrated the close and harmonious relationship that should exist among all members of the church of Christ. “By one Spirit,” he wrote, “are we all baptised into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.’ Acts of the Apostles, p 317.
6. And yet seeing that the body is one, but made up of many parts, who puts us in the place where we are needed? 1 Corinthians 12:14, 18.
NOTE: ‘We are to be guided and controlled by the same Spirit, but in order for this to be, it is not necessary that we all have the same gifts. “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all,” 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, to bring these different operations into perfect harmony. God hath “set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased Him” verse 18. He has placed every man at his post of duty, assigning to him a given work. If you have any question as to your post of duty, pray to God for guidance, and your work will be assigned. God has told us expressly that He has placed every man at his post. “To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit” 1 Corinthians 12:8-11.’ Ye Shall Receive Power, page 220.