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!

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