God’s Sovereign Choice. The Scriptures clearly teach that saints do not choose their membership ministry within the Body of Christ: “God hath set the members in the Body as it pleased Him” (1 Cor. 12:18). Nor do ministers call themselves to a fivefold ministry of their own choosing. Remember that Jesus said to His 12 ministers: “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and ordained you” (Jn. 15:16). Paul went on to say: “When Christ ascended on high
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