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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST180sentation of the Church as an organism.Christ's Church is a body and are not added to it from without, so must the seed of the Church be looked for in the Church and not in the world. The Holy Spirit works that only which is already sanctified in Christ ...
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: ;THE CHURCH OF CHRISTi8iThe same expression is used invariably for the imparting of the Spirit: " Ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts ii. And: " Because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the 38). Hence it should be carefully gift of the Holy Ghost" (Ac ...
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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST the difference.The Kingus in the ordinary or in an extraordinary way.Zachariascharge of your Sender?may send was aThis makespriest of the course of Abijahald of Christthis;allbut his son John ...
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THE CHURCH OF CHRISTi82 "I light thefire towarmnot the room, but the stove"and;tobejealous of the charismata given to others in the Church would be just as foolish as for the table togetsallthebe jealous of ...
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS,85TO avfi<pipov) (1Cor, xii. 7). And, again, still more clearly: - Even so forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel, to the edifying of the Church" (i Cor. xiv. 12). Hence the petition, " Thy Kingdom come," which the Heidelberg ...
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THE CHURCH OF CHRISTi86 ages. tles.The Church of to-day is the same as in the day of the aposThe life lived then is the life that animates it now. Thegains of two centuries ago belong toThereceived to-day.pastitstreasury, as well as those ...
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—XXXVII. Spiritual Gifts. " But desire earnestly the greater gifts.lent ITheAndastillway showImoreCor. xii. 31 (R. V.).charismata or spiritual gifts are the divinely ordainedmeans and powers whereby the King enabl ...
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS Hence the treasure First,the charismata inchurches jandlastly,of every particular church is threefold:ownitscircle ;secondly, those giventhose received since the days of theAccording to their nature these ...
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XXXVIII.TheMinistry of theWord."Heshall lead—JohnLet us nowyouinto all truth."xvi. 13.consider the second activity of the Holy Spirit inwe prefer to we distinguishthe Church, whichdesignate as His ca ...
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS189one to acquire an unusually deep insight into the of the Kingdom. Discernment of spirits is a charisma whereby one can discern between the genuine spirits raised up of God and those that only pretend to be such. The charisma of Spirit enables mysterieswe hav ...
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