No offense Mark, but I don't think we're talking about the same thing...you are basically saying the same thing wierwille said in PFAL when he misinterpreted    I Cor. 12:11 to mean "distributing severally as he (the believer) wills."  what I expressed in my post was that God chooses what to distribute - and it's to whomever He chooses...that's a big difference!  Please click on this link > I Corinthians 12:11  and read all the different versions of that passage...it seems pretty obvious