Spiritual Gifts are for Today This is a refutation of the article “7 Biblical Arguments for Cessationism,” the first point for a discontinuation of spiritual gifts was that miracles were only for certain periods in the Bible and states for his first argument that miracles don’t happen anymore. “ The unique role of miracles . There were only 3 primary periods in which God worked miracles through unique men. The first was with Moses; the second was during the ministries of Elijah and Elisha; the third was with Christ and his apostles. The primary purpose of miracles has always been to establish the credibility of one who speaks the word of God—not just any teacher, but those who had been given direct words by God.” The writer invokes the fuzzy phrase “primary periods.” Yes these men’s ministries were distinguished by miracles, but to try to confine to certain periods does not take into account the full counsel of the scriptures concerning workers of miracles. The m...
1. Patterns Following success Acts 2 2. Patterns See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain. 3. Patterns (continued) Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and the room for the mercy seat; 4. Patterns (continued) The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. 5. Patterns (continued) O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. 6. Pattern pray 7. Power When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place…And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. 8. The pattern Unity Prayer Spiritual 9. First church service Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his v...
1. A Father’s Love 1 John 4:7–21 Story of my dad 2. Fathers are important Poverty 4x GREATER RISK OF POVERTY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEHAVOR PROBLEMS 3. Fathers needed CHILD HEALTH 2X GREATER RISK OF INFANT MORTALITY INCARCERATION MORE LIKELY TO GO TO PRISON 4. Loving fathers needed CRIME MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIME TEEN PREGNANCY 7X MORE LIKELY TO BECOME PREGNANT AS TEEN 5. Fathers are role models CHILD ABUSE MORE LIKELY TO FACE ABUSE AND NEGLECT SUBSTANCE ABUSE MORE LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL 6. We all need a father’s love CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2X MORE LIKELYTO SUFFER OBESITY EDUCATION 2X MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL 7. Think God designed us to need a father God chose to revel Himself as the Father The world is trying to negate the role of father 8. 1 John 4:7–21 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, fo...
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