Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:6-8 ESV
God gives everyone a range of skillsets that we can use in service to his kingdom. Leadership, administration, mechanics, languages, etc. The list of possible gifts of God is endless! In this passage Paul mentions several of those gifts, and here's what each of them is really about.
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There are good and bad traditions. Don't throw them out just because they're man-made.
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REPENT AND ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY
REPENT AND ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:6
The righteous don't need to hide their actions. Everything they do, they can do in the open without fear, assuming the wicked don't occupy the majority of positions of power. The wicked, on the other hand, hide everything they do instinctively. They lie, conspire, sneak, censor, accuse, and threaten to hide their activities.
Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth.”
#genesis 31:1 #vayetzei
The world always claims that "Jacob has taken" when in truth, God has given. Antisemites are liars and cheats driven by jealousy and a hatred of God himself. All their rhetoric to the contrary is self-delusion.
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Jacob's sheep were all spotted. Laban took the spotted sheep that he promised to Jacob, but God supernaturally gave them back to Jacob anyway. This is a picture of God's people. Our lineage is confused and cloudy. We aren't perfect, just chosen and forgiven. God gave Jacob marked sheep from unmarked parents. Like children of Abraham from stones. Satan tries to divide God's kingdom against itself, but God preserves a remnant that becomes even greater.
God knows His people. What are the signs by which He marks them? The Sabbath and the Law.
#genesis 30:39-40 #vayetsei