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   From: .robert@mu.way   
      
   Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is   
   among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to   
   think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.   
      
   Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not   
   the same office:   
      
   Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one   
   of another.   
      
   Rom 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to   
   us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;   
      
   Rom 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on   
   teaching;   
      
   Rom 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it   
   with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with   
   cheerfulness.   
      
   Are we each a part of the Body of Christ?   
      
   Or an entity exclusive unto our religion or self.   
      
   We are to do these things, by faith believing, to minister unto the various   
   parts of the body of Christ so as to be a cohesive unit, doing so cheerfully   
   and receiving the blessings of others cheerfully.   
      
   A part of the body cannot declare itself head of the Body, as some   
   religionists do, Jesus Christ is the head.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)