God wrote His word for children - only His Children can comprehend the whole message from beginning to end.
The intellect of man is defiled by sin and can only scratch the surface.
Without the Holy Spirit even the disciples were perplexed until they were baptized in Him on Pentecost.
i am not a Pentecostal, labels are for religion, not the free.
there are differing gifts dispersed brother all Christians are Gods children but not all are called to understand the depths of doctrine but only those called to those gifts
“Now
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.
But
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
For
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 selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
For
by one Spirit are we all baptized 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.
If the
foot shall say, Because I am not the
hand,
I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
And if the ear shall say,
Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
And
the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Nay, much
more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which
we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our
uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
And whether
one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or
one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
And
God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
secondarily prophets,
thirdly teachers,
after that miracles,
then
gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Are all apostles? are all prophets?
are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 13-17, 21-31
see some only hear a certain area well others have prophetic understanding because they are to share doctrine and are able to fathom mysteries others don’t see , others have a gift of teaching and have good solid understanding of the foundations of doctrine , but the more members are those with various other gifts that aren’t requiring them to hear and know the depths of doctrine because they aren’t called to that area of building up and helping others to grow
even encouraging people o may have less understanding of the scriptures are gifted to encourage , others have great compassion and will sit and listen to someone needing help and someone to listen and be compassionate ect
if we would only come together and not worry about who knows what or who has a certain gift we covet , or who is called to serve in administrations behind the scenes or who is that person of great faith and has powerfully effective prayers , or who lays hands on others and heals ect
if there was no notice of envy among us , no real pride or care of who happens to know what we would be a very strong entity on this earth and would have a solid body where there was a home and comfort form Thy law gifted in areas seeming to get attention and equally those who have gifts who don’t seem to get any glory or credit because they are called to a different gift
some simply don’t need to know what another knows because they aren’t called to that purpose but to other purposes that the other isn’t called to .
I believe it is designed by God this way in that we truly need to love one another and become close me and more accepting and less judgemental, more welcoming for those who have various understandings. But we never want to yield to the lesser seeming gifts of we are called to a doctrinal gift
sometimes we can learn from people who have no depth of scriptural understanding by their compassion or faith or acceptance , bu thoer serbice and humility , by thoer administrative gifts ect but when we aren’t together as one we are weak and have many chinks in our armor
I believe the design is for us to be together and stronger in love and weakest in pride and division we need one another no matter how much we know or what gifts were called to were incomplete without the bond of brotherly and sisterly love and welcoming in Christ
our hearts should always be open wide to others who call upon his name because that’s how we become his children what we do with that as we live is another subject but we’re born by faith through grace and then later we recognize our role in the body by the gifts we receive and cultivate and embrace individually but always they are for the edification of the whole
there are several
Other passages about spiritual gifts and this same idea which I’m positive you or ably can think of off hand lol like I also can it’s a good subject that I’m finding really holds a loving lesson to our hearts in Christ we are truly one body and church reaching even unto those across the globe
)... but I will say this:
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