Daily Bread - Nov 4 2006
1 Peter 4:11 - "If anyone speaks then as an oracle of God if anyone ministers then as from out of the strength which God directs that in all things God may be glorified through Christ Jesus to whom be the glory and might unto the ages of the ages amen."
Every thing that we do should bring glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who we shall worship and adore throughout all eternity. The noted Greek scholar A.T. Robertson describes the meaning of oracle (logia) as the utterances of God through Christian teachers.
Paul said that when he ministered he would do so by the activity of the Spirit through revelation, or knowledge, or prophecy, or by doctrine (1 Corinthians 14:6). Paul also said that when he preached it would not be with the words of man's wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and power (1 Corinthians 2:4). When God endued the saints with the power of the Holy Spirit, the first thing that happened was that the Holy Spirit took over what they were saying (Acts 2:4). When Peter spoke to the great crowd of people that had gathered that day, he did so by the power of the Holy Spirit. For the first time the true meaning of the passage of scripture in Joel 2:28-32 was set in its proper context. Through this mighty display of the power of the Holy Spirit speaking through men, God was glorified through Jesus Christ and 3,000 souls were added to the Kingdom (Acts 2:41).
Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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