Please do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. 1 Timothy 4:14 Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? Do you use them? Read 1 Timothy 4: 11-16. Paul reminded Timothy not to neglect his spiritual gifts. Scripture reveals that the Holy Spirit may give spiritual gifts as believers pray. Jesus prayed for and breathed on His disciples and imparted the new life of the Holy Spirit to them. In Samaria, the apostles prayed for new believers, laid hands on them, and the Holy Spirit filled them. In Ephesus,…
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Glory of God
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;…
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Do Not TwistThe Truth. Part 1
As we have said before, so now I see you again: if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:9 Let him be accursed. What does accursed me? Have you noticed that word before? I sure haven’t. Accursed means that one has come under God’s curse, is doomed to destruction and will receive God’s judgment, eternal punishment and permanent separation from God. Paul expresses many things about this verse. First he expresses that the Holy Spirit is inspired attitude of justified anger. Also judgment to those fools twist the truth of the original gospel of Christ, or to those…