Category: 1 Corinthians 12

  • Desire The Higher Gifts

    (1 Corinthians 12:26-31) The modern church for the most part has watered down the ministries of the new covenant to the point where most of the gifts of ministry have ceased to exist. This is especially true of the miraculous and spiritual gifts of God that He gave to the church for the express purpose…

  • United In Christ

    (1 Corinthians 12:12-26) When the gospel was first preached by Jesus Christ Himself, and subsequently by those who learned it directly from Him, there was only one body. There was one message, one truth and one way that was taught to all the people of the early church. But as time went on and those…

  • Gifts of The Spirit

    (1 Corinthians 12:8-11) In my last post I spoke of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit that is given to all people who are born of the spirit and who receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The manifestation of the spirit as spoken of by Paul in verse 7 of this chapter is clearly…

  • Manifestation of the Spirit

    (1 Corinthians 12:7) This single verse presents Christians with a few interesting questions. It says, To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. – (1 Corinthians 12:7) First, what is the “manifestation” of the Spirit? Second, who is it given to and how do you get it? And finally why…

  • Problems With Trinity

    (1 Corinthians 12:4-6) These verses teach us many things and one of the most important is about the nature of the person of God. There is a foundational truth in these few verses that goes deep into the heart of what we as Christians believe. Who is God? More specifically who is the God worshipped…

  • In The Holy Spirit

    (1 Corinthians 12:1-3) Many years ago while my father was still alive he said to me that we need to take note of the “little” words in the Bible. It is often the small words that we can pass over at a glance that convey a depth of meaning we would miss otherwise. I have…