Romans 12:9

The ignorance which prevails in Christendom today concerning the truth about the Churches of God is deeper and more general than error on any other Scriptural subject. Many who are quite sound evangelically and are well taught on what we call the great fundamentals of the faith, are most unsound ecc... Read More

Churches of God Arthur W. Pink Studies in the Scriptures Dec. 1927, pp. 277-281 "For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews" (1 Thessalonians 2:14). The igno... Read More

It is much, very much to be thankful for when the Holy Spirit has illumined a man’s understanding, dispersed the mists of error, and established him in the Truth. Yet that is only the beginning. The Holy Scriptures are "profitable" not only for "doctrine" but also for "reproof, for correction, for i... Read More

PRACTICAL GODLINESS Arthur W. Pink "Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only; deceiving your own selves" James 1:22 It is much, very much to be thankful for when the Holy Spirit has illumined a man’s understanding, dispersed the mists of error, and established him in the Truth. Yet that is only... Read More

THE LORD’S PRAYER Chapter 8 The Seventh Petition "But deliver us from evil" Matthew 6:13 This seventh petition brings us to the end of the petitionary part of our Lord’s Prayer. The four requests that are for the supply of our own needs are for providing grace ("give us"), pardoning grace ("forgive ... Read More

"GIVING TO GOD" I. HOW TO GIVE TO GOD. A. There is an art to giving. Listed as a gift of the Spirit in Romans 12. 1. By the way some gifts are given, you want to say "keep it, who needs it." 2. Some make a lot over giving little, some make little over giving a lot. a. I had an uncle who made offerin... Read More

Keep The Fire Burning I. Jesus is giving the Disciples the signs that shall precede His coming again. A. One of the signs will be the abounding iniquity. 1. As we look around our world today, surely we see iniquity abounding. 2. We used to have laws that protected us from much of the iniquity that i... Read More

Paul is talking about the diversities of the gifts of the Spirit and the various manifestations of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:9, as he declares, To another faith by the same Spirit. This is the gift or the manifestation of faith. Now there are different kinds of faith. We talk about saving faith... Read More

We are looking at the manifestations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as they are listed in 1 Corinthians 12. Paul speaks of the gift of prophecy. Now we realize immediately that the gift of prophecy is not something new to the New Testament, but that the gift of prophecy has been exercised throughou... Read More

In 1 Corinthians 12:28, Paul says, Now God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. We are looking at the gift of teaching. As Paul was writing to the Ephesians concerning the ministry gifts within the church, again he said, "He gave some apostles; and som... Read More