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in life gives you a certain measure of life, and out of that measure of life your skill or gift will be manifested. This will qualify you for a particular ministry or service in the church life.
The gifts of grace in life are necessary for the practice of the Body life. If you neglect the gifts of grace in life and concentrate on the miracu lous gifts, the church will be divided in a very short time. Be assured that we could never be one by stressing miraculous gifts. The miracu lous gifts tend to divide, while the gifts of grace in life build up. Paul was very experienced in the Body life, and he knew that the gifts of grace in life are necessary for the building of the church. Therefore, in Romans 12 he did not list the mi raculous gifts among the items necessary for the church life. No one can deny the wisdom of the Apostle Paul. Although he mentioned speaking in tongues in 1 Corinthians, he did not include it in the book of Romans. There certainly must have been a reason for this. Paul, an expert in the church life, knew from his writing of 1 Co rinthians that the miraculous gifts had been the cause of divisions there in Corinth. Even in 1 Corinthians we can see the fact that speaking in tongues and the other miraculous gifts had a divisive effect on the church. Therefore, Paul did