_SPIRITUAL GIFTS_ ‘Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.’ 1 Corinthians 12:1 St. Paul is setting forth to the Corinthians in this letter which he addresses to them a particular aspect of spiritual things. I. THERE ARE SPIRITUAL GIFTS WHICH ARE BESTOWED UPON A... [ Continue Reading ]
_A RETROSPECT_ ‘Ye were Gentiles.’ 1 Corinthians 12:2 This was language which could only be applied to a section of the early Christians. The change which those had undergone, who had been brought out of the mire of heathenism that their feet might be set upon the solid rock of Christianity, was... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE UNFOLDING OF THE DIVINE REVELATION_ “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.’ 1 Corinthians 12:3 This supreme gift of knowledge of God, though given along with other gifts from the very beginning, was not given at first in perfection. All religions that are religions at... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEW NEEDS—NEW METHODS_ ‘Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.’ 1 Corinthians 12:4 This is a lesson of surpassing moment to the Church in these trying times. We need courage, we need boldness, we need living faith. Above all else, we need faith in the spiritual vitality of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THREE AND ONE_ ‘Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God Which worketh all in all.’ 1 Corinthians 12:4 The text treats of three sorts of diversities, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE RIGHT USE OF GOD’S GIFTS_ ‘The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.’ 1 Corinthians 12:7 Do you not see how the lesson which St. Paul was teaching applies to _ all_ our Christian life among one another? Whatever any of us has, or is, he only has, or is, just wha... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRUCH REFORM_ ‘But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased Him.’ 1 Corinthians 12:18 (R. V.) What is meant by Church Reform? This has nothing to do with pressing for a revision of the Reformation settlement; it has nothing to do with any restatement or new... [ Continue Reading ]