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Faith through Trials James 1: 1-4 Jesus’ brother wrote the book of James. He is speaking to his fellow Jews, male and female, his spiritual siblings, specifically to the twelve tribes of Israel that had been dispersed among the Greeks. What he is telling them flies in the face of what they thought the Messiah was to do when He came. They were expecting a conqueror that would restore Israel and crush its enemies. Instead, Jesus brought in a different kind of Kingdom. Not one of this... Read More
Matching Gifts to grace (I Cor 12: 7-11) The Key to understanding the nature of spiritual gifts is to understand God’s reason for giving them. How God gives them or what power they contain is not for us to worry about or try to manipulate. God’s design for gifting us, is that we would serve the good of others. Speculation about what powers we might have or how we can manipulate them is useless. The outcome of the practice of the gifts should be the manifestation of the fruit of the Holy Sp... Read More
Questions for Romans 12 grace as the basis for Gifts Questions-Grace as the Basis for Gifts 1. In Romans 12:1-2, 1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 10:1; Eph. 4:1 , What is Paul appealing to the church for? What kind of attitude should the people of God have? 2. In this verse and the cross references below, what are some ways that we can "present our bodies as living sacrifices to God" for worship? ch. 6:13, 16, 19; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 1 Cor. 6:20]; See 1 Pet. 2:5 3. In ve... Read More
Grace as the basis for Gifts Romans 12 In Romans 12, Paul again gives us a basis for gifts. In verse 1, he tells us that we are to present our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship. This verse is a little cryptic. What does Paul mean by “sacrifice” here? What does he mean by suggesting that this is our worship? Let's look at this closer. In order to worship God, which is a sacrifice in and of itself to us; w... Read More
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