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By Caleb Westbrook

Benchley, December 12, 2010

• The context of miraculous spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 13; Acts 8; Ephesians 4)
  • Spiritual gifts would cease (I Corinthians 13:8)
  • Spiritual gifts were provided as a temporary solution to confirm God’s Word until revelation was completed.  Once revelation was complete, these spiritual gifts would be unnecessary, so they would cease with the death of the apostles and those they had transferred gifts to.
    • Spiritual gifts could be transferred only by the apostles when they laid their hands on them (Acts 8:17-18).  Others besides the apostles could not transfer gifts.

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By Danny Lackey

Benchley, December 8, 2010

• Bad habits to break:
  • Selfishness
  • Retaliation
  • Complaining
  • Worldliness
  • Pride
  • Laziness

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By David Watson

Benchley, December 5, 2010

• All authority is specified to a certain degree.
  • In order to do what is authorized, I need to comply to the degree at which things are authorized.
  • Genesis 6:14 – God commands Noah to build an ark of gopher wood.
• Applications
  • Musical worship in the New Testament
    • Ephesians 5:19 – Command to sing
  • The work of the church
    • God authorized the church to provide for needy saints.  II Corinthians 8:3-4; 9:1
    • God authorized the church to provide for worship and edification.  I Corinthians 14:3,12,17,26
    • God authorized the church to provide for the preaching of the gospel.  I Corinthians 9:11,14
• Choosing specifics
  • Authority to choose a specific is included in the authority for the gospel.
  • We are not authorized to choose a specific that is outside the bounds of the general command.
  • We cannot violate some other Bible principle (Matthew 15:4).

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By Caleb Westbrook

Benchley, December 5, 2010

• Miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • These gifts were prophesied about in Joel 2:28-29.
  • Miracles are acts that break or are outside the laws of nature, which shows divine intervention by God.  Spiritual gifts are therefore miracles.
  • Different gifts:
    • Wisdom (I Corinthians 1:18-31)
    • Knowledge
    • Faith
    • Healing
    • Working of miracles
    • Prophecy
    • Discerning of spirits
    • Speaking in unknown tongues (Acts 2:8-11; I Corinthians 14:4,28)
    • Interpretation of tongues
  • Speaking in tongues was not an uncontrollable ecstatic utterance.  It was a language that could be interpreted and understood.
  • The gifts of the Holy Spirit were unified in source and purpose.

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By Danny Lackey

Benchley, December 1, 2010

• What are your thoughts?  What influences your thoughts?
  • Unkind thoughts
  • Selfish thoughts
  • I Peter 2:1-2; Ephesians 4:31-32; Colossians 3:8-9
• We must control our thoughts.
  • Philippians 4:7-8
• Some good habits – to be formed
  • Daily Bible reading
    • II Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; I Peter 3:16; Psalm 119:11
  • Daily prayer
    • I Thessalonians 5:17; Colossians 4:2
  • Regularly meeting with the saints
    • Psalm 122:1; Hebrews 10:25
  • Helpfulness, friendliness, unselfishness, etc.
    • Galatians 6:10; I Corinthians 10:24
• Some bad habits – to be broken
  • Unkind words
  • Selfishness
  • Retaliation
  • Complaining