9 THE CHARISMATIC GIFTS DEBATE PRESENTED TO PROFESSOR OGEDI OMENYINMA FOR THEO 350 – DO4 BY REV. JOSEPH T. WHITAKER, III LU23755920 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA JULY 20, 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 WHAT IS THE
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Inherently Spiritual The Bible teaches that Jesus considered children to be the example of how adults should seek the kingdom of God. Mark 10:13–16 provides an example of Jesus’ teaching,"People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell
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doctrine, but also allegiance to spiritual leaders such as Peter, Paul, Apollos and Jesus.[2] A significant portion of the preceding chapter (1 Corinthians 12:1-10) focuses on the issue of spiritual gifts, and there appear to have been interpersonal conflicts based upon the possession of such gifts, including speaking in tongues or prophecy.[3] Paul tells his audience that they may have all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but unless they first have love, these gifts mean nothing. A. Paul wrote it sometime
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we meet Christ face to face in heaven. In the modern sense, this spiritual phenomenon is closely associated with the Pentecostal movement which originated in the Azusa St. Revival of 1906 and has caused a severe split in the church. This division has been caused, primarily, by an incorrect interpretation of the gift of tongues in the New Testament through the exclusion of studying the gift through the Biblical precedent of the gift established by Luke in the book of Acts. In order to properly interpret
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being said, your questions and concerns about spiritual gifts and fruits of the spirit, as well as baptism and speaking in tongues are great questions. When it comes to “Gifts of the Spirit” and “Fruits of the Spirit”, it is very easy to get the two confused. While both fruits and gifts are an indication of the presence of the Spirit, both are very different. The gifts that the Spirit gives us is not the same for each person. Generally, the gift given, is a tool related to the ministry of the
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10:17; 1Cor 1:21; 4:15; 15:1-2; Jas 1:18, 21; 1Pe 1:23-25). Baptism signifies that one is saved (CP 1Pe 3:18-21). Paul merely said what he did about baptism because the Corinthian church was being split by factions arguing over their preference of spiritual leaders, and Paul did not intend to baptise a faction around himself (CP 1Cor 1:10-17). This is also a lesson for the contemporary church: Christians must always centre their loyalty, love and devotion upon God and His word, not on individual leaders
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Holy Spirit. It is believed that special spiritual gifts are obtained through the Holy Ghost, which allow believers to be in direct communion with God. In order to obtain the special
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Practicing Greatness, 7 Disciplines Of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders By Reggie McNeal Submitted to Dr. Debra Warren, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of LEAD 510-B02 LUO Biblical Foundations of Christian Leadership by Dora Rabb September 27, 2015 Contents Abstract 1 Concrete Response.………….……………………………………….………………….……….3 Reflection 4 Action.……………………………………………………………
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time of the Feast of Passover, and multitudes had traveled to Jerusalem for the purpose of attending this mandatory event. Jesus would use the miracle of feeding the 5,000 to satisfy their physical hunger, but also to illustrate their need for spiritual nourishment. [1] Jesus went to the mountain to sit with His disciples, and a large multitude of people had followed Him due to the many miracles he had performed. The people did not follow Him because they believed that He was the Son of God, but
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Christopher Von Allmen The FINAL Question In this final task, I would like to touch up on two different things. First I would like to talk about the presence of the cultural contributions that we associate with Ancient Israel and New Testament Christianity that are present and “at work” in my experience and how these aspects of cultural tradition seem to have waned, dissipated, or even been intentionally forgotten. As this course played out, it made my mind go in an array of different directions
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