We began our journey into the heart of 1 Corinthians 13, identifying the 14 Ingredients of Agape — Unconditional Love. We worked through V.4, identifying the first 5 traits / ingredients: Longsuffering, kindness, absence of envy / jealousy, not boastful, is not proud. V.5 continued with number 6 — Agape, unconditional love is not rude … Read more
Today’s class was quite interesting with our study of Ephesians 3:1-9, and the mystery of the Dispensation of Grace in contrast to the future mystery of God revealed in Revelation 10:7, where John writes the prophecy of the 7th trumpet. Revelation 10:7: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he … Read more
As we began our study of 1 Corinthians 13, Paul reminded us in the last verse of chapter 12, that regardless of your gifts, he wants to show us a more excellent way — the way of Agape love / unconditional love. This is the love found only in the Dispensation of Grace, coined in … Read more
We closed out 1 Corinthians 12 with Paul prioritizing the spiritual gifts, once again in order of importance, in V.28-31 — 1. Apostles (Acts 1:21-26), 2. Prophets (Ephesians 4:11-12 — a temporary office as the Church Age was in its infancy), 3. Teachers (an office constant throughout the entire Dispensation of Grace responsible for teaching … Read more
We have completed our study of the four lists of the gifts of the Spirit found in Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, Ephesians 4:11-12, and 1 Peter 4:10-11. Remember, 1 Corinthians was written in 52 A.D., Romans in 57 A.D., and Ephesians in 62 A.D.. We have seen the overlap of some of the gifts, … Read more
Today, we were able to get into the list of spiritual gifts, as recorded in Romans. The 9 gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 are listed in descending order of importance, with the most edifying gifts first, and the least edifying to the church body at the end. The reason was that the Corinthians had an … Read more