Now? After becoming a Christian every person is granted a spiritual gift through the Holy Spirit. It is in these gifts one’s talents and abilities inside and out of the church are magnified tenfold to be used for the glory of God. Although some would deny the actuality of the spiritual gifts all together most would agree the existence of such gifts as wisdom, teaching, leading or compassion. However it is with the more controversial gifts that most evangelical Christians have suspicions towards,
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The Procedure for the Study 1 Introduction 1 Defining Charismatic Theology 1 History of Charismatic Theology 2 Declarations 2 Baptism of the Holy Spirit 2 Speaking in Tongues 3 Gift of Healing 4 Gift of Prophecy 5 Slain in the Spirit 7 Personal Views 7 Opposing Views 9 Conclusion 10 Selected Bibliography 11 Thesis Statement Charismatic Theology gives contemporary Christians
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teach on Spiritual Gifts to the church of Corinth. One of his teaches read in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 as, “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of services, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.” Paul makes it clear the problem or question isn’t if spiritual gifts are real. Instead he focuses his teachings to explain that there are different kinds of spiritual gifts
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bodies are not our own but belongs to Him who buy / redeem us. Therefore redemption, our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit because God himself who gives us the Holy Spirit. So, having the Holy Spirit is not the result of human effort but a gift from God. The Holy Spirit declared Christ to us so that we repent, and The Holy Spirit forming Christ in us. Does it have the same Holy Spirit baptism of Holy Spirit? There are two opinions of the 'same' and 'not equal'. Those who argue are not the
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some Corinthian church members sought certain spiritual gifts with a wrong motive—to gain superior status. In 1 Corinthians:12:31 (NIV), Paul said, "And now I will show you the most excellent way"—the right motive and approach for exercising all spiritual gifts—the way of love. In 1 Corinthians:13:1-3, Paul mentions several impressive gifts. No matter which gift we have, if we are lacking love, then in God's sight we are nothing! Without love, the gift is tarnished, the results are ineffectual and
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Leander Kinchen CHMN 201 – [C01] 02/23/2015 Spiritual Gifts Paper PART ONE: What are your top two spiritual gifts? Do you agree with the results? Why or why not? According to the assessment my two dominant spiritual gifts were Administration (23) followed by exhortation (18). I have to say based on the explanations that I agree. I know that God has called me to pastor a ministry one-day and I Currently serve in my local church as a lay minister. I agree with the assessment, as I am usually
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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP BY JOSE MIGUEL MERCEDES SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FEBRUARY 9th, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 CHRISTIAN LEADER AUDIT 3 SERVANT LEADER AUDIT 4 CREDIBILITY AUDIT 5 SPIRITUAL GIFTS AUDIT 6 NATURAL GIFTS AUDIT 7 PASSION AUDIT 8 CHARACTER AUDIT 9 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION When Jesus was on earth, He established by His own example that one of the characteristic that should be present in a good leader was this man
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January 23, 2012 UNDERSTANDING YOU CALLING, GIFT, DREAM and VISION To start a new year Who are you? What do you like? Where is your sense of worth? What did you dream to be? What are your goals in life? Where do you see yourself in the next 20 years? 30 years? What is your passion? Before God and after God: are you a new creation? Do you have new dreams and goals? Do you have new aspiration? Hobbies and likes are desire from the heart. But is it the desire from God too? Are there
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The Bible’s teaching on spiritual gifts indicates that we should not expect to be all the same in our gifting. In 1 Corinthians 12:4-26, Christians are likened to a human body made up of different parts with different functions. The most important factor related to spiritual gifts within marriage is that the person uses their gifting for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7). So whatever strengths or weaknesses
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SPIRITUAL LIFE AND BELIEFS I do not really have a defining moment in my life where everything changed and gave up drugs and drinking and turned towards God. However, I do have a moment where I turned to him but it isn’t big and grand. Sometimes I wish this was different, sometimes I wish I had some big grand story but then again. I have been immersed in God’s life for all my entire life and I can’t complain about that. I was born in a very spiritual family with parents who had very clear and strict
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