When Adam sinned, everybody sinned in Adam. Sin is any personal lack of conformity to the law of God. The curse on Adam and Eve affected verything about them, including their natures. All that God made, including Adam and Eve, was good, but now these two humans became enslaved to sinful cravings. Like the other effects of the curse, this sinful nature has been inherited by us all.

By love, let us serve one another so that Jesus is glorified and so that the body of Christ, the church, can function fully, just as it was designed to do.

These two gifts, giving and organization, when exercised in the church, provide both the assets for the project and the organization necessary to accomplish the task as economically, quickly, and thoroughly as possible

Any misuse of our gifts, especially through a wrong attitude will be harmful to the Church, and to the cause of Christ

The Gifts of Exhortation & Mercy Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation; he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness. The gift of exhortation is equipped with the special grace of stimulating or guiding people to worthy conduct and personal progress; […]

Prophecy is the ability given by the Spirit of God to a person to proclaim God's truth to others. The gift of prophecy in the New Testament times or

today does not indicate a new, private message from God.

Spiritual gifts are to be used, not for the exaltation of the person with the gift, but in loving concern for the benefit of others in the church. A Christian does not own his gifts, but God has given him gifts to manage for the church and to display His glory.

Jesus said you have the Scripture in your hand but not your heart, their rejection of Scripture is severe. Jesus said when judgment day comes I will not be the one who speaks against you to the Father, it will be Moses.

Jesus claims equality of person, works, power, sovereignty, judgment and honor with God. This is a shocking, startling, blasphemous claim by an nrivaled madman,

or else it is true. Just like the Jews, we must decide

We are here, Jesus is here, and we are sick. You may say “I’m not sick!” We are all sick; sin has made us so. We need to be healed: some of us are blind, some of us are lame, some powerless, and some are weak. God will show you, and He will help you, if you are willing.