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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
I am speaking of spiritual gifts and was simply ascertaining whether or not you were trying to talk about something that you are not involved in.
The gifts are never for show. They are a help to the body and should be viewed as such. I've been in services where they have been misused. That doesn't turn me off to being used in them and saying something like - "not in a gathering of others to put on a show or performance,"
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I figured that's what it was. God forbid someone not have a voice on the subject, because they've never experienced it. Nice quick, tidy shutdown.
I've heard prophesy at a time of gathering as well. Mostly, and lately, these gifts have been used (or given to us) at other times of getting together that have been less formal.
I know plenty of preachers that make a show out of a "gift." You do too. The best one is when they have a Word from God for someone, then proceed to preach it to everyone -- instead of going to that person. And why preach it with text and everything? Just say what God said... if He really said anything!
People have made a living out of being "used in gift." It's on their business cards and personal websites. Sounds foreign to the
1 Cor 14 experience to me.
But we digress. You still believe that when people prophesied in Acts, it's not evidence of the Holy Spirit, and I still find that position indefensible.
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