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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
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
Unity in Diversity: The Purpose of the spiritual Gifts Ephesians 4 Paul tells us that the grand purpose of a Christian's walk individually and corporately is to promote spiritual unity and peace (shalom). The entire church is a representation of one body; the body of Christ and as such should act in a coherent and unified fashion. Ego's and individual personalities that have to have attention are antithetical to and look ridiculous in the functioning of the Church. As in last... Read More
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