Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.We are now getting into the meat of chapter 14, studying through V.7-17. Paul stresses the importance of an easily understood message concerning the gospel and growth of babes in Christ into mature believers. … Read more
1 Corinthians 14:4-6 brought greater insight into Paul’s teaching concerning the gifts and their order of importance, as listed in 1 Corinthians 12:27-31. Desire earnestly the best gifts, tempered by the more excellent way — agape, unconditional love! The believers in the church admired and desired those gifts that were external in their manifestation – … Read more
It was great digging in to 1 Corinthians 14:2-3 this morning, and seeing the 3 guiding principles of edification, understanding, and order being laid out by the Apostle Paul, concerning the use of spiritual gifts, especially tongues in the assembly, the body of Christ. Being a willing vessel is paramount to the use of any … Read more
We cracked open 1 Corinthians 14 today, starting with the order of the sign gifts in chapter 12:27-31, as well as Ephesians 4:10-12. Apostles and prophets have long disappeared from the scene, because they were 1st century and early church positions. There was no finished work of the New Testament, so they were needed. Apostles … Read more
We took some time today to reveal how signs and wonders will be reinstated when the body of Christ is raptured out of this world at the Day of Christ, studying 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. 1 Corinthians 1:22 gives us the insight into how the Jews will be fooled into following the Antichrist with the signs … Read more
We covered a lot of ground today, preparing to begin our study of 1 Corinthians 14. We finished our overview of Acts, and now know why the Acts of the Apostles is a record of the history of the Church in the first century. It is not a book of doctrine like the epistles from … Read more