Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be caused to cease; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it will be caused to cease. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect thing comes, then that …
Spiritual Gifts Gems
Bible Gem 445 – Not all . . . do they? (1 Cor 12:30)
Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? 1 Corinthians 12:30 How did you get on with yesterday’s passage? Did you note what Paul did? He has changed the focus for us? Why? Paul had been discussing the manifestation gifts: word …
Bible Gem 444 – Do all have the same gifts? (1 Cor 12:28-30)
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, …
Bible Gem 443 – The unmentionable bits (1 Cor12:21-27)
The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we …
Bible Gem 442 – Body parts (1 Cor 12:15-20)
If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am …
Bible Gem 441 – Gifts are like the body, we are that body (1 Cor 12:12-14)
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into …
Bible Gem 440 – He distributes and He decides (1 Cor 12:11)
It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. 1 Corinthians 12:11 He distributes and He decides. Who? The Holy Spirit, that’s who. What? These gifts . . . these gifts we have …
Bible Gem 439 – Tongues – The Controversy (1 Cor 12:10)
“Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.” 1 Corinthians 12:10 How did you go with the exercise I gave you yesterday? Did it crystalise things for you? Did …
Bible Gem 438 – Speaking in Tongues – what you believe (1 Cor 12:10)
“to another various kinds of tongues and to another the interpretation of tongues.” 1 Corinthians 12:10 Now we are beginning yet another of those extremely controversial topics – speaking in tongues and the interpretation thereof. This is a topic that will continue for a while …
Bible Gem 437 – Discerning of Spirits (1 Cor 12:10)
“to another the ability to distinguish between spirits” 1 Corinthians 12:10 The discernment gift is much like the discernment we need in normal life. We all need wisdom, insight and understanding to pick up on the cues and the little bits of evidence that indicate …