Spiritual Gifts - 1 Cor 12:1-11

Stand-alone sermon on "Spiritual Gifts" from 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.
Delivered by Barton Priebe at DHBC on January 11, 2015.

[mkl]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (May 10), this was the basis for our Sunday School Lesson for today. It was entitled "Gifts of the Spirit." The hymn, "Spirit of Gentleness, " is a good hymn to compliment this Scripture, regardless of denomination. Corinth: the New York City/Las Vegas of the Bible. Agree or disagree? Feel free to reply.

[jtoad]

The Church has ignored and continues to ignore discerning of Spirits. The ability to tell an evil spirit from an Angel and to communicate with Angels. Most Pastors don't like that because they have a fear of not being needed.
These Pastors want to hold on to their positions of power. Most Christians do not worship God, but worship the Bible. The fact is that the only way to truly worship God is through a prayer meditation. You need to connect to God and the Angels spiritually; to feel God in your heart. Reading the Bible is not enough!

[khongcogihetdau]

12:3 “Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.”
Protestants like to claim that they know their Scriptural interpretations are right because of the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit never speaks falsehood. See the circularity of their argument? The Spirit of Truth came upon the apostles at Pentecost; it is in apostolicity that the the Truth is found and known with certainty.

St. John Chrysostom comments thus: “For if, no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost, what must we say of them who name indeed His Name, but are destitute of His Spirit? But his discourse at this time was not concerning these for there were not at that time Catechumens, but concerning believers and unbelievers. What then, does no demon call upon God’s Name? Did not the demoniacs say, We know You who You are, the
Holy One of God? (Mark 1:24) Did they not say to Paul, these men are the servants of the Most High God? (Acts 16:17) They did, but upon scourging, upon compulsion; never of their own will and without being scourged. But here it is proper to enquire, both why the demon uttered these things and why Paul rebuked him. In imitation of his Teacher; for
so Christ did also rebuke: since it was not his will to have testimony from them. And wherefore did the devil also practice this? Intending to confound the order of things, and to seize upon the dignity of the Apostles, and to persuade many to pay attention to them : which had it happened, they would easily have made themselves appear from hence worthy of credit, and have brought in their own designs. That these things then might not be, and the deceit might not have a beginning, he stops their mouths even when speaking the truth, so that in their falsehoods men should not at all give heed unto them, but stop their ears altogether against the things said by them.”

[TheVivaciousvane]

He didn't even explain them all he talked about was the importance of it!!