Re-Giftings in the Church
Aug 21, 2016 13:37:58 #
I have decided to take Penny's suggestion of posting my articles in the main body of the comment section. By doing so, more people will read it. In the past, I have been posting my articles in the attachments. I have decided to post them in the main body of the comment section, and also in the attachments. The articles that are posted in the attachments, make for better reading, but in the future, I will post them in both sections. Before, I had "Giftings in the Church" posted in the attachment section. I am now putting it in the main body of the comment section.
Giftings in the Church
We in the Church need to come to a good understanding about “Spiritual Giftings” that Christ has distributed to the Church. Quite often Christians are so impressed by how much they see the Lord working in another Christian’s “Spiritual gifting” and “calling” (especially those in Leadership positions) that they assume that the individual must have a close relationship with the Lord. The truth is that a Christian’s “gifting” and “calling” from the Lord “does not reflect or represent the closeness of one’s relationship with the Lord.”
It is just simply a “gifting” from the Lord. It is not something that is earned as a result of having a close walk with the Lord. It is up to that person on how they handle their gifting and calling, and on how much they are willing to obey the Lord as the Lord deals with that person on “His” will for their lives.
Regardless of that person’s “Spiritual condition” in the Lord, that person retains his “gifting” and “calling” from the Lord. Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and calling of God “are without repentance.” In this verse, the Greek definition for “repentance” is irrevocable; not possible to revoke.
In Romans 11:29 the Lord has decreed that “HE” will not and cannot reverse “His” “gifts” and “calling” that “HE” has given and placed upon an individual in the Church. Also, a person’s “Spiritual gifting” should never be used as a Spiritual “measuring rod” for determining that person’s “Spiritual knowledge” and “understanding” of the “Scriptures.” This is the reason why that we are strongly urged to follow the example of the Bereans, who searched the “Scriptures” daily, whether those things that they were being taught were so. (Acts 17:11)
Giftings in the Church
We in the Church need to come to a good understanding about “Spiritual Giftings” that Christ has distributed to the Church. Quite often Christians are so impressed by how much they see the Lord working in another Christian’s “Spiritual gifting” and “calling” (especially those in Leadership positions) that they assume that the individual must have a close relationship with the Lord. The truth is that a Christian’s “gifting” and “calling” from the Lord “does not reflect or represent the closeness of one’s relationship with the Lord.”
It is just simply a “gifting” from the Lord. It is not something that is earned as a result of having a close walk with the Lord. It is up to that person on how they handle their gifting and calling, and on how much they are willing to obey the Lord as the Lord deals with that person on “His” will for their lives.
Regardless of that person’s “Spiritual condition” in the Lord, that person retains his “gifting” and “calling” from the Lord. Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and calling of God “are without repentance.” In this verse, the Greek definition for “repentance” is irrevocable; not possible to revoke.
In Romans 11:29 the Lord has decreed that “HE” will not and cannot reverse “His” “gifts” and “calling” that “HE” has given and placed upon an individual in the Church. Also, a person’s “Spiritual gifting” should never be used as a Spiritual “measuring rod” for determining that person’s “Spiritual knowledge” and “understanding” of the “Scriptures.” This is the reason why that we are strongly urged to follow the example of the Bereans, who searched the “Scriptures” daily, whether those things that they were being taught were so. (Acts 17:11)
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