The Prosperity of Fools Shall Destroy Them
The Prosperity of Fools Shall Destroy Them Prov. 1:32 Our disposition to abuse the blessings of God renders prosperity dangerous. We all seek and enjoy prosperity. How we handle it is very important. Solomon said, the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Prosperity is a very “relative” thing. What I consider prosperity may not […]
A Good Name Proverbs 22:1
A Good Name Proverbs 22:1 [Proverbs 22:1] A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. [Ecclesiastes 7:1] A good name is better than precious ointment; We honor people by naming things after them, towns, streets, kids. [Gen.4:17] Charles Manson, Adolf Hitler, and Lucifer […]
Faithfulness
Faithfulness Prov. 20:6 “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?” When a man proclaims his own goodness we call that self-righteousness. It is not hard to find a self-righteous person, but a faithful man who can find? Faithfulness is becoming harder and harder to find. […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Twelve) The Gift of Mercy
The Gift of Mercy Romans 12:8 “…he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness” is the last of the spiritual gifts mentioned by Paul in this text. It has been said that Judgment is when God gives you exactly what you deserve. Mercy is when He doesn’t give you what you deserve, and Grace is when […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Eleven) The Gift of Ruling
The Gift of Ruling Romans 12:8 Concerning the gift of ruling Paul said, “he that ruleth, with diligence”. We are to be diligent at whatsoever God has put us in charge of. [Rom.13:1-7] “…the powers that be are ordained of God.” So if you have authority over anything in your life, God gave you […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Ten) The Gift of Giving
The Gift of Giving Romans 12:8 The next Spiritual gift Paul mentions in our text is giving. The Lord said “it is more blessed to give than receive”, [Acts.20:35]. You will never understand this until you become a giver. Paul also said that a man shouldn’t eat unless he works, [2Thes.3:10], but he should […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Nine) The Gifts of Teaching and Exhortation
The Gifts of Teaching and Exhortation Romans 12:7-8 Teaching pertains to imparting knowledge, understanding or truth. Exhortation is encouraging action on the truth. Both of these are defined as gifts by the Apostle Paul. Both are extremely valuable to a Christian. Your Bible is sometimes hard to understand [2Pet.3:15-16] even as Peter stated. But […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Eight) The Gift of “Ministry”
The Gift of “Ministry” Romans 12:7 The Gift of “Ministry” is found in a list that Paul instructs us on in the book of Romans. To this point we have studied the list of gifts found in 1 Corinthians 12, which are “sign” gifts. In Romans 12 we see “service” gifts. The chapter starts […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Seven – tongues)
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Seven – tongues) The Gift of “divers kinds of tongues” and “the interpretation of tongues” 1 Cor. 12: 10 In this lesson we are going to look in the Bible at “tongues”. We will look at two different ways “tongues are defined in your Bible. Then we will […]
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Six)
The Gift of discerning of spirits 1 Cor. 12:10 The next Spiritual Gift in our passage is the “discerning of spirits”. Simply stated: the ability to know whether a thing is from the Lord or not. This is a very valuable gift in your Christian life. We all need to know whether a circumstance […]