“For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the...
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of...
The ekklēsía is the church,
For nothing else should our hearts search.
All others, businesses of men,
On Holy Spirit not depend.
So differentiate, not same.
So many, they just play the game.
They follow marketing of men
And on their words they do depend.
But Holy Spirit reveals truth,
What...
These exhortations are for the church (the body of Christ) as a whole, not just for preachers and pastors and for those with the specific gift of teaching and/or singing. All of us within the body of Christ are to be ministering to one another in a manner in which we are helping one another to...
Do you know your body part? Do you know what gifts of the Spirit God has given to you? Do you know your specific assignment, your role within the body which God has given you to fulfill, to accomplish for his purposes?
These things of which I speak here are not necessarily to be equated with...
Sunday, October 29, 2017, 10:22 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Zeal for Your House.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read several scriptures on the subject of the Body of Christ.
Different Functions (Romans 12:3-8)
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among...
Sunday, January 1, 2017, 9:37 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “He Keeps Me Singing.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Corinthians 12 (Select vv. ESV).
Spiritual Gifts (vv. 1, 4-7, 11)
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed… Now...