Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Monday, 6 November 2017 "Spiritual Gifts in Christian Community" by Rudy Morgan - 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
1 Corinthians 12:1 But, brothers, I do not want you to go on being ignorant about the things of the Spirit. 2 You know that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray to idols, which can’t speak at all. 3 Therefore, I want to make it clear to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says, “Yeshua is cursed!” and no one can say, “Yeshua is Lord,” except by the Ruach HaKodesh.
4 Now there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. 5 Also there are different ways of serving, but it is the same Lord being served. 6 And there are different modes of working, but it is the same God working them all in everyone. 7 Moreover, to each person is given the particular manifestation of the Spirit that will be for the common good. 8 To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit; 9 to another, faith, by the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the one Spirit; 10 to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different kinds of tongues; and to yet another, the ability to interpret tongues. 11 One and the same Spirit is at work in all these things, distributing to each person as he chooses.
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The city of Corinth was a prominent, wealthy trading center on the Mediterranean. As Paul wrote to the young Corinthian church, there were glaring internal problems. Fundamentally, the believers in this fellowship had a hard time behaving differently from their sinful environment. The church in Corinth sounds very much like many present-day churches in sinful societies all over the world.
The apostle Paul offers a long list of corrective measures that need implementation through the power of the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete, Counselor, and Helper of Christ’s church).
One problem for the Corinthian church was a misunderstanding surrounding spiritual gifts. So many believers in the Corinthian congregation had their own unwise ideas as to the relevance, significance, and use of spiritual gifts. Within the Christian community at Corinth, people attributed spiritual prominence to those who seemed to have particular types of gifts. Paul was clear in teaching that the Holy Spirit is the final authority in distributing God’s gifts for God’s work. Human beings do not determine spiritual gifts; they are the prerogative of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives gifts to each one as He determines. Are we listening today?---
Hymn for Today:
"Your Love Compels Me" by Doug Holck, copyright 1982 by Pilot Point Music [ASCAP], Box 419527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141, United States. All rights reserved.
Verse 1:
I come to You in humble sacrifice
Hear my heart I worship
The cares of life I lay them at Your throne
With childlike faith I simply worship You
Verse 2:
No greater love has my heart ever known
In awe of You I worship
My spirit soars when my heart beats with Yours
Embraced in love I simply worship
Chorus:
Jesus how could I live without You
Jesus I simply worship You
Bridge:
Your love compels me to come
Into Your presence I will run
Chorus 2:
Jesus how could I live without You
Jesus I simply worship You
If you truly attain the goal of Kingdom Torah, in conformity with the passage that says, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[James 2:8 Leviticus 19:18] you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, your actions constitute sin, since you are convicted under the Torah as transgressors.(James 2:8-9a)
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Please pray:
That many people in the Virgin Islands will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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1 Corinthians 12:1 But, brothers, I do not want you to go on being ignorant about the things of the Spirit. 2 You know that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray to idols, which can’t speak at all. 3 Therefore, I want to make it clear to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says, “Yeshua is cursed!” and no one can say, “Yeshua is Lord,” except by the Ruach HaKodesh.
4 Now there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. 5 Also there are different ways of serving, but it is the same Lord being served. 6 And there are different modes of working, but it is the same God working them all in everyone. 7 Moreover, to each person is given the particular manifestation of the Spirit that will be for the common good. 8 To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit; 9 to another, faith, by the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the one Spirit; 10 to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different kinds of tongues; and to yet another, the ability to interpret tongues. 11 One and the same Spirit is at work in all these things, distributing to each person as he chooses.
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The city of Corinth was a prominent, wealthy trading center on the Mediterranean. As Paul wrote to the young Corinthian church, there were glaring internal problems. Fundamentally, the believers in this fellowship had a hard time behaving differently from their sinful environment. The church in Corinth sounds very much like many present-day churches in sinful societies all over the world.
The apostle Paul offers a long list of corrective measures that need implementation through the power of the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete, Counselor, and Helper of Christ’s church).
One problem for the Corinthian church was a misunderstanding surrounding spiritual gifts. So many believers in the Corinthian congregation had their own unwise ideas as to the relevance, significance, and use of spiritual gifts. Within the Christian community at Corinth, people attributed spiritual prominence to those who seemed to have particular types of gifts. Paul was clear in teaching that the Holy Spirit is the final authority in distributing God’s gifts for God’s work. Human beings do not determine spiritual gifts; they are the prerogative of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives gifts to each one as He determines. Are we listening today?---
Hymn for Today:
"Your Love Compels Me" by Doug Holck, copyright 1982 by Pilot Point Music [ASCAP], Box 419527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141, United States. All rights reserved.
Verse 1:
I come to You in humble sacrifice
Hear my heart I worship
The cares of life I lay them at Your throne
With childlike faith I simply worship You
Verse 2:
No greater love has my heart ever known
In awe of You I worship
My spirit soars when my heart beats with Yours
Embraced in love I simply worship
Chorus:
Jesus how could I live without You
Jesus I simply worship You
Bridge:
Your love compels me to come
Into Your presence I will run
Chorus 2:
Jesus how could I live without You
Jesus I simply worship You
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Thought for Today:If you truly attain the goal of Kingdom Torah, in conformity with the passage that says, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[James 2:8 Leviticus 19:18] you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, your actions constitute sin, since you are convicted under the Torah as transgressors.(James 2:8-9a)
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Please pray:
That many people in the Virgin Islands will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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