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- Q: How would an interested party go about locating teachers endowed with the Spirit's gift? A: Male meerkats are attracted to female meerkats. Male eagles are attracted to female eagles. Male elk are attracted to female elk. Those male/female attractions aren't regulated by written how-to...

- ● 1Cor 12:27-31 . . Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of...

- ● 2Tim 3:16 . . All scripture is useful for teaching At the time when the apostle Paul wrote that comment to his pal Timothy, "scripture" was almost exclusively limited to the Old Testament. So then, it's my judgment that someone Spirit-empowered to teach for Christ, should work with the Old...

- ● 1Tim 3:1-2 . . If any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be . . . able to teach The koiné Greek word for "overseer" is episkopos (ep-is'-kop-os) which essentially refers to superintendents, i.e. department heads. Seeing as how...

- ● Rom 12:7b . . If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. I had a Sunday school teacher once who worked as a maintenance man in a public swimming facility. One Saturday he had to work late repairing some equipment at the pool and had no time to prepare his lesson plan for Sunday...

- ● 2Tim 2:24 . . And the Lord's servant must . . . be able to teach There's a rule governing the gift of teaching that goes on the dotted line. It reads like this: -- not quarrel; instead. kind to everyone -- The koiné Greek word for quarrel is machomai (makh'-om-ahee) which means: to war...

- Before they can begin to teach others, potential teachers themselves need to first undergo adequate instruction. ● Heb 5:12-14 . . In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid...

- According to Rom 12:6-8 and 1Cor 12:4-30, the ability to teach for Christ is a spiritual gift. According to 1Cor 12:8-11, it is the Holy Ghost's decision who gets selected for it. /

- ● 1Cor 12:27-31 . . Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of...

- ● 1Cor 14:1 . .Eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. The koiné Greek word for "prophecy" is propheteuo (prof-ate-yoo'-o) which primarily means to foretell events, but it also means to speak under inspiration; for example: Old Testament's prophets spoke under...

- Here's an example of a sensible, practical use of tongues. ● Rev 14:6-7 . . I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the everlasting gospel to preach to the people who dwell on the earth-- to every nation, tribe, language, and people. Fear God! he shouted. Give glory to Him! For...

- Webster's defines retarded as slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development. Spiritual retardation is not all that uncommon, for example: ● Heb 5:11-13 . .We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you...

- People with the actual gift of tongues have the option to pray and sing with it or not to. ● 1Cor 14:13-16 . . Anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray...

- ● 1Cor 14:4 . . He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, The above is true of someone with the actual gift of tongues only after they've first obtained the ability to understand the strange words coming out of their mouth. ● 1Cor 14:13-15 . . Anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that...

- According to 1Cor 12:4-11, the Spirit oversees the distribution of spiritual gifts. /

- ● 1Cor 13:8-10 . .Whether there be tongues, they shall cease; yada, yada, yada, yada. God introduced tongues during the Tower Of Babel incident recorded in Gen 11:1-9. He did that to break up world unification. Apparently it was God's judgment that world unification in those days was not a...

- Post #46 has nothing to do with getting "saved". It's talking about Christ's edicts, which are the pathway of fellowship with him and his Father rather than a path to heaven. FYI: Some years ago I set out to tally as many of Christ's commandments that I could find in the New Testament--...

- According to Acts 2:4-11, the gift of tongues is supposed to enable the giftees to be heard in a variety of honest to gosh, real-life languages. /

- One thing is for sure about rule-keeping: it's the acid test of one's loyalty. ● 1Cor 14:37 . . If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of The Lord. ● John 14:15 . . If you love me, you will comply...