Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. (Acts 10:34-35) God is no respecter of persons. He does not play favorites. He does not give more revelation to one believer and withhold it from another based on personality, background, nationality, or any other factor people use to rank each other. What He makes available, He makes avai

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1-2) Paul opened Romans 12 with a strong appeal: “I beseech.” This wasn’t a command. He was urging and pleading, on the basis of God's

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. (1 Corinthians 12:28) Paul wrote to the church of Corinth, laying out the order of ministry gifts God has placed in the church. At the end of that list, he wrote "diversities of tongues." The Greek word translated as "diversities" here is genos, meaning "born of" or "born from." Every gift on that