Spiritual Gifts part 192: Affliction plus faith equals POWER.
Pastor-Teacher
John Farley Sunday, November 13, 2011 Spiritual Gifts Part 192: Affliction plus faith in the word of God equals POWER released.What is discernment?
Mat 7:16
Joh 15:2 Suffering is part of the plan of God for our life. Once the pruning happens, I can look forward to a new season of tremendous spiritual growth, productivity and fruitfulness in my life. This EVENT of affliction in our life, suffering for blessing, is designed by God to be the catalyst for many good things. Several N.T. passages have this string of growth by stages. Each time the growth results from some form of suffering or affliction. “He knows the WHY for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any HOW.”
Perfect = τέλειος
Complete = ὁλόκληρος
holokleros :
teleios :
So holokleros means that the ninefold fruit of the Spirit is all there.
Consider -take the time to change your mind.
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The plan of God, as you allow it to unfold, it has its own power in residence to do all this! It is the power of the word of God times the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and it is unleashed by faith, especially under adversity and pressure. Faith in the Lord as our response to affliction releases the power.
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