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How do you know you have a spiritual gift? If so, what’s the use? From Romans 12:3-13, Al Abdulla looks at how we as a community of Christ followers discover, develop, and deploy our Spiritual Gifts?

In 1 Corinthians 12:1-13, Paul the Apostle wants to remove ignorance surrounding spiritual gifts. The Church in Corinth was misusing them—which only showed their immaturity. In this section Al Abdulla shows why God God gifts us for a purpose. But we only fulfill that purpose by rightly stewarding our gifts.

When the Spirit takes up residence in us, he begins to make us into people that look like Jesus and who can function together as God’s dwelling place here in this world. We’ve been given freedom in the Spirit, but it’s not freedom to do whatever we want; it’s freedom to become the New Creation people God always intended for us to be. From Galatians 5:16-26 and Psalm 1, Jason Hood explores what evidence of the Spirit looks like.

What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? Is fullness of the Spirit and Baptism of the Spirit the same thing? How is one filled with the Spirit? From Ephesians 5:15-21, Al Abdulla continues our series on the Holy Spirit, exploring the necessity and nature of being filled with the Spirit.

Death is on the horizon. Jesus knows it, and his followers sense it. But why does he say it’s to their advantage? From John 14:12;15-26 Al Abdulla explores who the Holy Spirit is and how He counsels us, comforts us and provides courage to Christ followers.

On the evening of the first Easter the disciples are locked behind closed doors in terror. Fear dominates them way more than faith. But it’s into this panic room that the risen Jesus offers Peace. From John 20:19-31 Al Abdulla explores how Resurrection Sunday offers us true peace when we’re otherwise tempted to panic.

“God is nowhere.” That’s the narrative we’re tempted to believe in times of trial or temptation. But the tabernacle of Israel shows us differently. From Exodus 40:20-37, Al Abdulla explores why the tabernacle reveals that God is not absent but is actually present in our pain and our path of life. God is now here.

Can we know God is truly good? Suffering in the world, and Divine wrath in God’s word can cause us to doubt the goodness of God. From Exodus 33:1-6; 15-23; 34:5-8 and 34, Al Abdulla discusses why we cannot know God’s goodness apart from His glory.

Many approach the Ten Commandments as a form of legalism, “If we keep the law

then God will love us and bless us.” Others disregard God’s law as a limitation to personal freedom. But what if God’s law is neither about legalism or limitation? From Exodus 19:208;20:1-3, and 24:7-11, Al Abdulla explores why God’s law is the only way we can know true love.

Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses comes and pays a visit to the people of Israel, hears the Gospel, and comes to faith. Larry Kim shares how Exodus 18 teaches us that the good news found in the Exodus narrative is for everyone. It reveals God’s love for and fidelity to God’s people, and calls us to renounce the “other gods” in our lives.