ACTS 29 TODAY
coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH
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“This anointing didn’t come on you because of your calling, your creed,
your color, or your nation. It came upon you because you have
uncovered a spiritual law: praying in other tongues for your personal
edification. That law carries with it an ironclad guarantee to build you
up on your most holy faith in your spirit — that part of you from which
faith comes.
“You have found something you can do on purpose to edify yourself —
as much as you want to, as long as you want to, whenever you want to.
Through praying in the Holy Ghost, you can build yourself up above a
walk where your physical senses hold you in checkmate and convince
you that God’s Word isn’t so, to a walk that is vibrant, Spirit-charged,
and free in the Holy Ghost.”
After being so hungry for God’s power for so long, I had accidentally
uncovered one of the most important keys to growing in devil-
stomping, mountain-moving faith — praying in tongues for personal
edification. And do you think that after finding such a major key to
unlock divine mysteries, anyone could keep me out of my prayer
closet? Not a chance! I had a divine plan for my life to discover!
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the Lord revealed to me that I had uncovered a
spiritual law regarding tongues for personal
edification. I immediately began to take advantage of
what I learned that day. And as I continued to pray in
the Spirit and study the Word, more revelation came.
But the more I learned, the more I came to realize that
speaking in other tongues was not only a spiritual law
uncovered; it was also a spiritual foundation upon
which everything else regarding spiritual gifts and
their operation rested.
Understanding Spiritual Gifts
Let’s look at the role that praying in other tongues plays
in God’s government. To do that, we’ll have to go to
First Corinthians chapter 12, where Paul outlines the
operation of the Holy Spirit in the gifts, offices, and
callings of the entire Body of Christ. He begins by saying
in verse 1:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Now, I do know this about the Holy Spirit: He would not
inspire Paul to make a statement like that and then
leave us ignorant! In the discussion following that
statement, Paul by the Holy Ghost supplies all the
information necessary to eradicate any spiritual
ignorance, misconceptions, or religious error we may
have concerning the operation of spiritual gifts.
Personally, if there is one subject I don’t want to be
ignorant about, it is the operation of the gifts of the
Spirit. But, to be frank with you, this is one of the areas
in which this generation of believers is most lacking.
We who are Full Gospel faith people often pride
ourselves in knowing a great deal about the gifts of the
Spirit. It’s too bad we haven’t prided ourselves more in
knowing how to operate in those nine gifts!

I know about them….bu..bu..but..not sure HOW TO OPERATE IN THEM..OOPS!!
Satan, the great deceiver, has successfully spread
confusion and division regarding this passage of
Scripture in First Corinthians 12 — so much so that
entire denominations have split over different
interpretations of the operation of spiritual gifts and
the offices they empower. So it would profit us to make
a careful examination of what Paul is teaching the
Corinthian church in these verses.
In First Corinthians 12:4-6, Paul says this:
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 operation, but it
is the same God which worketh all in all.
What is Paul saying? Well, we know that the “gifts” he is
talking about in verse 4 are the nine gifts of the Spirit
listed in First Corinthians 12:8-10: 1) the word of
wisdom; 2) the word of knowledge; 3) the gift of faith; 4)
gifts of healings; 5) working of miracles; 6) prophecy; 7)
discerning of spirits; 8) divers (or different
supernatural manifestations of tongues; and 9)
interpretation of tongues.
But what does verse 5 mean when it says, And there are
differences of administrations, but the same Lord? To
understand what Paul is talking about in this verse, we
have to go to Ephesians 4:8 and 11, where it says this:
Wherefore he saith, When he [Jesus] ascended up on
high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto
men….And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.
In other words, there are different administrations or
offices in the Body of Christ, such as apostle, prophet,
teacher, pastor, and evangelist. But it is the same Lord
Jesus Christ who ascended on high and gave those gifts
or offices to men.
Then in First Corinthians 12:6, it says, And there are
diversities of operations, but it is the same God which
worketh all in all. So Paul is simply saying this: It is the
Holy Spirit who determines how the nine gifts of the
Spirit and the ministry offices operate. It is Jesus Christ
who sets each person into his or her respective office or
calling. And it is God the Father who supplied the
original plan.
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(LB) wow amazing stuff that I never understood for soooooooooo many years of being a believer, but the good news is, we are still alive , still breathing, and can still keep learning about God and His ways, hope you enjoyed the meal and there is sooooo much more to come…stay tuned.
and please pray for me to continue to get this incredible truth out every week, thank you so much and please share these post with all your friends.
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until next time;
AMBASSADOR / SERVANT
LARRY
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