What does the Corinthian church teach us about diversity and unity? Can unity be attained with diverseness of spiritual gifts? What does that look like?

Jeffrey Maurer

Adrain McGuire

Allan McGuire

Maria Miller

Jonas Schmucker

Maria Miller

In I Corinthians 12-14 the overall theme of the spiritual gifts are for the purpose to bring unity within the body of Christ. Paul had to address some issues that these believers were taking part in how they were using their spiritual gifts and it was causing a false spirituality. How can we guard against false spirituality?

What does spiritual maturity look like when we use our gifts within the church? What are the marks of spiritual maturity? If the goal is maturity in the body of Christ, how will we know if we are heading in the right direction?

How does God mature the church? He does it through the building up of the body of Christ when we use our spiritual gifts, however this building up of the body cannot begin until there is an equipping of the saints so they can do the work of the ministry.

Jerry Maurer one of our Elders is teaching out of I Timothy for our Elder series out of I Timothy.

How is God using us to help the church mature?

We continue to look at some basic questions that surround spiritual gifts.

Do you know what a spiritual gift is or what the gifts are? We will be working through this topic over the next few months.

Paul's dialogue with King Agrippa gives about the resurrection gives us some things to think about if the resurrection has made a difference in our lives.