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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. |
Subject: Am I ignorant |
Bible Note: Hi, Tim... Well, when we see withered hands restored before our eyes, teleportation of evangelists, men blind from birth made to see, the dead raised, etc. etc. etc. perhaps there will be some small glimmer of validation to these fringe doctrines. Continuationism is like moral perfectionism: These teachings become utterly moot if the practices they espouse as normative are never really attained to the churches -- without, at least, redefining terms, misdirection, unverifiability, etc., etc. Agreement is pretty easy, Tim. Our faith is not based on cunningly devised fables. On the contrary, Christianity is observable. This stuff above should be eminently observable. After all, an invisible, sign gift wouldn't make much sense. In Him, Doc PS Just in case that prophetic word thing is still extant, we need to get busy. Since we live by EVERY word of God, we had better be compiling an exhaustive transcript of all those prophetic utterances. We need to gather everything God has said to those faith leaping fellows -- no matter where or when. We've got a lot of ground to cover! In Him, Doc |