Tag: Gifts
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Women in Ministry
Women in ministry is one of the hot topics in the church. The scripture shows that women should NOT be excluded from any forms of ministry.
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Seven Weapons of Spiritual Warfare
There are seven weapons of spiritual warfare that all Christians must take hold of if they are to effectively wage war in the spiritual realm. It is not sufficient to take hold of only some of these, and we are instructed by Paul in the verse prior to this section that we must take ALL…
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God’s Ministry Gifts
(Ephesians 4:8-11) When Jesus died, He returned to the Father. His death was not the end of His ministry because we see after He left that the Apostles carried on the next phase of the work, which was to spread the gospel across the earth. Jesus had trained His early disciples to do this work,…
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God Loves A Cheerful Giver
(2 Corinthians 9:7-15) This would be one of the few verses that most people would know and recognise, even among those who are not Christians in this world. It is a fundamental principle among people that if you are to give anything for any good reason, then it needs to be given cheerfully. Too often…
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Command Of The Lord
(1 Corinthians 14:36-40) In these last few verses of this chapter of 1 Corinthians 14 we see Paul make a couple of fascinating statements. And these are statements we need to listen to carefully with respect to the contents of this chapter because Paul makes it clear that these words are not just his thoughts…
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Pursue Love And Spiritual Gifts
(1 Corinthians 14:1) In several of my recent posts I have looked at the gifts of the spirit and the love of God. The love of God is the only thing that is eternal for God is love and He is eternal. The gifts of the spirit do not continue on forever but that does…
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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…
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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…
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Harmony in the Church
(1 Corinthians 7:6-7) These two verses sit amidst Paul's discussions about marinate and sexual immorality. However they have a wider implication than just those two areas of concern for all people, and it is worth exploring. There is an aspect of this that can help us understand both ourselves and other people and when understood…
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Gifts From God
(1 Corinthians 1:4-9) In these few verses Paul gives thanks to God for what God has done with the church at Corinth. At a high level when we read between the lines we see that Paul is expressing thanks for the work done in the knowledge that this work is not his own work, nor…
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Many Parts, One Body
(Romans 12:4-8) When Jesus came to the earth he was the complete package. He provided the perfect example of what a Christian should be like. He had all of the attributes of God the Father for He was truly in the image of God, and as God is love, so too Jesus is love also.…
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If God Is For Us
(Romans 8:31-32) When I was a little kid there were times when I wished I had an older brother who would step in and protect in those situations I would get into scrapes with other kids. It didn’t happen often but sometimes I used to wish I could say, “I’m getting my big brother!” And…
