Monthly Archives: May 2016

love and conflict

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1Co 13:4 The love I am speaking of holds its temper, that love functions in a helpful manner, it does not envy, does not brag, does not show off, 1Co 13:5 does not behave disgracefully, does not … Continue reading →

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special ingredient

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1Co 13:1 If I speak in the human languages and the angelic ones, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1Co 13:2 And if I have a prophecy, and … Continue reading →

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great, greater, even greater

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:29-31 1Co 12:29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not ministering miracles, are they? 1Co 12:30 All do not have gifts of healing, do … Continue reading →

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the missions gift list

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:26-28 1Co 12:26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it. If a part is respected, all the parts celebrate with it. 1Co 12:27 But you all are the body of Christ, and each is a … Continue reading →

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clothing the parts respectfully

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:23-25 1Co 12:23 Just like those parts of the body, which we think to be shameful; on these we put more respectful clothing, so that our unpresentable parts have a more respectable image. 1Co 12:24 but our presentable … Continue reading →

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essential but ignored

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:20-22 1Co 12:20 There are many parts, but it is one body. 1Co 12:21 That means that the eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you; nor the head to the feet, “I do not … Continue reading →

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welcoming diversity

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:17-19 1Co 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing come from? Or, if the whole thing were an ear, where would its sense of smell come from? 1Co 12:18 But God has now … Continue reading →

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all in this together

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:13-16 1Co 12:13 All of us have been baptised in one Spirit, now making up that one body — whether Jews or Greeks, bondservants or independent — and we all were given one Spirit to drink. 1Co 12:14 … Continue reading →

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how it works

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:10-12 1Co 12:10 But to another he gives powerful abilities, to another he gives prophetic insight, to another he gives the ability to distinguish between opposing spirits, to speak different families of languages, but he gives another the … Continue reading →

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sovereign grace

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:7-9 1Co 12:7 But to each recipient the Holy Spirit reveals himself through the most profitable gifts. 1Co 12:8 For example, the Spirit gives one recipient a wise word, but to another recipient, the same Spirit gives a … Continue reading →

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