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Romans 12:5&6
"5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;"

We have studied that everyone should praise GOD!!! No one and no thing compares to GOD! GREATEST amongst GOD'S blessings is His Son, Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Because of the priceless gift of salvation we want to live according to God's plan. We need to avoid people that will be a bad influence on us: the ungodly, the sinners, and the scornful.

God's word, His Law, His Gospel is something that should give us great pleasure and enjoyment! We need to meditate on it day and night. God's word is a living book that is convicting and enlightening. The Holy Bible will teach us about GOD and it will teach us about ourselves. It's amazing!

Today we return to the Letter the Apostle Paul wrote to the Roman believers. Paul wrote this letter in about 57 AD, before he ever visited Rome. This letter is packed full of teaching and instruction for living the Christian life. A few years later Paul will be taken to Rome as a prisoner and executed by the mad king Nero. By 64 AD king Nero will have burned the city down and blamed the Christians for it. Talk about fake news!

It's a profound blessing that we have Paul's letter to the Romans for us to learn from! Today's verses we learn that we are united together, one society, or one people, mutually dependent, and having the same interests at heart. "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then GIFTS differing ACCORDING to the GRACE that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;"

There never was and never will be a state of perfect equality in any thing; and it's impossible that there could be. God exercises His sovereignty, and bestows favors and talents as he pleases. No one is injured by receiving or not receiving what others have or have not. God has given each of us an extraordinary endowment, it may or may not be the gift of prophecy, whatever it is, our job is to find the best way to use it for the GLORY of GOD!
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