Comments on: Spiritual Gifts http://thechroniclesof.net/2009/06/24/spiritual-gifts/ The Chronicles Of... Us! Not Narnia... Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dicker http://thechroniclesof.net/2009/06/24/spiritual-gifts/#comment-4856 Dicker Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:56:39 +0000 http://www.thechroniclesof.net/?p=855#comment-4856 True, although the gifts here are people (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastor teachers) and not the things themselves. But it is (as you point out) for building up the church not for the benefit of professional speaking or to be famous etc. True, although the gifts here are people (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastor teachers) and not the things themselves.
But it is (as you point out) for building up the church not for the benefit of professional speaking or to be famous etc.

]]> By: Nat http://thechroniclesof.net/2009/06/24/spiritual-gifts/#comment-4855 Nat Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:37:11 +0000 http://www.thechroniclesof.net/?p=855#comment-4855 We discussed this a bit in our growth group a couple of months ago as we were looking at Ephesians. Paul touches on the gifts of God (described here as Grace but I believe in the greek it's possibly meaning spiritual gifts as opposed to saving grace)and how we are to be using them to build up the body of Christ... Eph 4:7-16 7But to each one of us <b>grace</b> has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it[a] says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."[b] 9(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. We discussed this a bit in our growth group a couple of months ago as we were looking at Ephesians. Paul touches on the gifts of God (described here as Grace but I believe in the greek it’s possibly meaning spiritual gifts as opposed to saving grace)and how we are to be using them to build up the body of Christ…

Eph 4:7-16
7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it[a] says:
“When he ascended on high,
he led captives in his train
and gave gifts to men.”[b] 9(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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