Spiritual gifts part 2 : We're nothing without the grace of God!Pastor-Teacher Spiritual gifts part 2 : We’re nothing without the grace of God.!
Then when we have learned enough doctrine to actually believe and see that we are where He has put us (visibility), then we are promoted in experience to live in that calling and walk in those good works. At the moment of salvation, God the Holy Spirit, in one of His seven ministries to the new believer at salvation, bestowed on you a spiritual gift.
Each and every born again believer gets one spiritual gift. Your spiritual gift is not for private gain or enjoyment, but for the good of the team: the local assembly, the church.
Sumphero when used as a verb means to bear together, to contribute. “A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature”: sumphero means as a substantive, to sumpheron means profit or advantage. NT - Paul:
This is exactly what the situation is here in South Florida! People with... The first letter of Paul to the Corinthians can be seen as an appeal to unity in the face of some shocking examples of disunity. WHENEVER God’s people start doing something new to His glory, the kingdom of darkness will do whatever it can to try to stop it, or at least cause havoc and confusion to mess things up. The Doctrine of Spiritual Gifts Point 1: Setting the scene for Paul’s teaching on the Spiritual Gifts. The most extensive treatment of the subject of spiritual gifts is found in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapters 12 through 14. 1. Paul had received an oral report from a woman by the name of Chloe with some alarming information, 1Co 1:11; 5:1. 2. He received a disturbing letter directly from the church at Corinth, a letter displayed an appalling lack of understanding about what Paul was teaching them, 1Co 7:1. This problem was festering in the church of Corinth, and Paul addressed the problem head on with his teaching on the spiritual gifts. This problem was disunity. |