When we remember that the Corinthians’ misunderstanding of the purpose behind miraculous spiritual gifts stems from their misplaced desire to all speak in tongues, it’s significant that the apostle puts it at the very end of the list, even going to far as give higher importance to two non-miraculous ordainments within the church.… Read More 1 Corinthians: God’s Appointments
I didn’t think much of any of my ribs that were out of sight under my skin and didn’t seem to do nearly as much as what my hands or legs which I could see could do…until I broke just one of those ribs. Then I found out very quickly that even that one little bone did a lot more than I thought it did.… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Church Needs You More Than You Think…
If we want to receive salvation through God’s grace, we must be baptized into that one body which is the one church which belongs to Christ. That is the “one baptism” which God recognizes (Eph. 4:5). … Read More 1 Corinthians: “We Were All Baptized Into One Body”
The apostle now begins to list the different types of miraculous gifts, repeatedly reminding the Corinthians that whichever power each of them “individually” had was “given” to them “through,” “according to,” and “by” no one except “the Spirit,” and according to his own will rather than their own desires (12:8-11).… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Different Kinds of Spiritual Gifts
Anyone truly speaking on behalf of the Lord would not teach anything that would in any way blaspheme Christ or try to sway the listener from giving their full allegiance to him.… Read More 1 Corinthians: “Speaking in the Spirit of God”
Pre-Denominational Christianity 
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