GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

74 God’s Workas God’s Holy Spirit is working with you within God’s “plan” orGod’s “work” (I Corinthian 15:23). Some receive a gift at birth,while others may receive theirs later in life, upon conversion intothe truth by God’s Holy Spirit. Many, who come to Christ, do solong before they repent and are baptized into the church. Theyare functioning within a life-long process that brings them to thismaximum event - often called “conversion.” In short, humanscannot believe in Jesus unless God’s “Spirit” reveals it to them.This is what Paul was teaching.God starts to deal with you from birth even though you may notcome into the church for many years. In some cases, God will allowyou to be deceived by Satan to the point that some essentiallylive the life of a pagan and keep pagan holidays. In one case,Paul expelled a fornicator from the church and turned him overto Satan, so the fornicator’s “spirit” could eventually be saved(I Corinthians 5:5). That man came to deep repentance and wasaccepted back into the church (II Corinthians 2:7-9). God workswith every person from the time of their birth and allows each andevery one to experience their life in the best possible way, so thatit will ultimately bring each person to Christ. Once a person startsto understand Jesus Christ is their Savior and Redeemer, they arebeing called to the church. Paul identified the only way one cancome to Jesus. It is by means of God’s Holy Spirit revealing Himto them. Once God’s Spirit opens your mind to Christ, then Godgrants you various gifts to serve in His church.Paul declares that God gives to those in His church, a multitudeof different “gifts” by the same “spirit” (I Corinthians 12:4).He goes on to explain how church members have different administrations(I Corinthians 12:5). This English translation of“administrations” is a poor one. Remember, the Greek word for“administrations” is the same Greek word that was translated into