Gisèle responds to "One Spirit Body"...
I don't know "why" equal value - except that this was likely one of the issues Paul was writing to this little church about - one of the bones of contention perhaps was that they gave more value to some people over others - still an issue today ...
Can we give the body rest from living? So is "living" a burden of responsibility for the body? Maybe it is when the focus is survival and not possibility.
Interestingly this dove tales into conversation I had this morning with clergy - does the church truly believe it can "rest" in the Spirit - does the body we call church really believe it is sustained by the Spirit, that we are more than the sum of our parts - are we really closet atheists... thinking we need to do it all by ourselves or else choosing to try to control it all?
If we believe God empowers and sustains us, lives in and through us then do we also believe in the possibility of the impossible? Does that just lay more responsibility on us as a body or burden? How do we "rest" in a faith that anticipates the impossible?
Note - this response is a copy of the comment made by Gisèle on the "One Spirit Body" post
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