Understanding and applying spiritual things with our spirit is beyond human comprehension. Yet we can understand and apply them, for God our Father has blessed us with a spirit for spiritual understanding. In addition to our body and soul, God has blessed us with a spirit. “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that … [Read more…]
Prophecy in act signs of the New Covenant are observed in what we know as the Last Supper, the Lord’s Supper, Communion, Breaking Bread or Eucharist. The bread, wine and lamb of the first Passover feast were prophecy in act signs God gave His people Israel when He delivered them from Egyptian bondage (Ex 12). … [Read more…]
Faith to Stand Up to Persecution is a gift from God. Followers of Jesus are mostly persecuted in an impersonal manner. We are constantly publicly disdained for our faith via public media including internet, TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and books. Impersonal persecution is also dealt out by crowds. Hiding in a crowd, Leftist boards, committees, … [Read more…]
When the veil in the temple was torn, it confirmed what Jesus prophesied to his disciples the night before. 26 As they were eating, Yeshua took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to … [Read more…]
The Spiritual gifts of speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues and prophesy are the gifts of the Spirit Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 14. He begins by referring to what he taught in chapter 13—pursue love and in chapter 12—desire earnestly spiritual gifts, then urges, “but especially that you may prophesy.” Then he shows the … [Read more…]
Paul introduces his teaching on the gifts of the Spirit: “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant” (1 Cor 12:1 KJV). In order to understand what he meant by that, we need to consider several factors to get the big picture. In the opening of his letter to the Corinthians, Paul … [Read more…]
“Fellow Christians, I want you to know about the gifts of the Spirit” (1 Cor 12:1). He concludes: “But try to have the better gifts. And now I’ll show you the best way of all” (1 Cor 12:31 AAT). Then, Paul presents the love chapter of the Bible (1 Cor 13). Cultivating love is the … [Read more…]
Gifts of the Spirit are incomprehensible to our natural mind but spiritually flow from the Holy Spirit to our spirit. I began functioning in the gifts of the Spirit back in 1974. I flow in several of the gifts of the Spirit and have seen them all in action. I have also seen and heard … [Read more…]
The TLC (tender love and care) of koinonia is vital to our life in Christ (Messiah). In koinonia, we love one another, encourage one another, teach and admonish one another, give and receive edification, exhortation and comfort, and share God’s Word which “is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction … [Read more…]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DYSFUNCTIONALLY ENABLE OTHERS? “To behave in a manner that facilitates or supports another’s abusive, addictive, or self-destructive behavior.” (Free Dictionary) “Enabling behavior, simply put, shields people from experiencing the full impact and consequences of their behavior. Enabling is different from helping and supporting in that it allows the enabled person … [Read more…]