that at one moment the great day is not and the next moment the great day is . . . The thing is done at a particular time so that people may be conscious of a particular truth; as is the case with all ceremonial observances, such as the Silence of Armistice Day or the signal ...
Paul speaks of love and the spiritual gifts in the same sentence. Back in 1 Cor 1:7, Paul said that the Corinthians had all the gifts. They were not lacking in any spiritual gift. BUT in 1 Cor 3:1-3 Paul says he could not speak to the Corinthian church as to spiritual people. H...
Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scr...
Interesting that these people look like Christians and even have some of the spiritual gifts and works, but theypracticelawlessness. In other words, they have the form of godliness but deny its power. 2 Timothy 3:5. If we “know” him, we know not only about him, but we know his char...
We have all thought about what it will be like the moment we experience death. Maybe we have been with a dying loved one and have watched their experience of passing to an eternal place. We all are born as eternal beings! We must choose whether it will be with Jesus in eternal rest ...
In the spiritual realm, Paul is showing respect to God based on who God is. Paul is saying, “I’m going to use my body so all will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that God is large. I will make him large. I will supersize him so you all can see him.” ...
With my God-given spiritual gifts of intellect, imagination, and freewill, what do I choose? To what thoughts, words, and actions do I give myself? For, if I do not use my God-given gifts for godly things, then I cannot truly say that I live as a person of God, that I am on...
God’s point via Paul, in 1 Corinthians 13, is that we won’t need sign gifts, or even more spiritual knowledge, once we have God’s actual (and perfect) words in our hands. Paul alludes to the transition away from the sign gifts (which were required by the Jews in order to prove...
The cross is certainly very important to the apostle Paul. In Galatians he talks about his co-crucifixion with Christ. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. (Gal 2:20a) Paul also speaks of a cruciform leadership pattern that is about identifying...
since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;5who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warnedby Godwhen he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “See,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown t...