Daily Bible Teaching

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Acts 13:1-3 “Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. (2) As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." (3) Then, having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them, they sent them away.” In the example quoted abov

Acts 22:17-18 “Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance (18) and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.” In order for us to get a clearer understanding of this gift and how it operates, we will examine some examples in scripture. The first example we will look at is recorded for us in the above quoted passage of scripture. In this

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Three categories of gifts 1 Corinthians 12:7-10 “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: (8) for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, (9) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, (10) to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues,

Christ Jesus Matthew 23:10 “And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.” As with all the ministry gifts there are also various classes of the ministry gift of the teacher. As we will see in this section, there are two classes within the ministry gift of the teacher. We have already seen that the Lord Jesus Christ heads up each ministry gift category, and in each category He is in a class of His own. When you study the gospels you will see that mos

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Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 14:26 “How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.” So what spiritual gift forms part of the ministry gift of the pastor? Actually, scripture does not specify just what spiritual gifts form part of the pastor’s ministry. But scripture does teach us that the pastor should encourage each member of hi

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Christ Jesus John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” This now brings us to the ministry gift of the pastor. A pastor is a shepherd of the sheep, and in the above quoted passage of scripture our Lord Jesus referred to Himself as the good Shepherd. And so we see that as with all of the ministry gifts, Jesus is the pre-eminent pastor in the church. As with the ministry gift of the evangelist, there are only two classes in this mi

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Acts 8:6-7 “And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. (7) For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.” So what spiritual gifts form part of the ministry gift of the evangelist? To answer that question we can examine Philip’s ministry to determine which spiritual gifts form part of the evangelist’s ministry. In

Christ Jesus Luke 4:18-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; (19) to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." As with all the ministry gifts there are also various classes of the ministry gift of the evangelist. As we will see in this section, there are

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1 Samuel 9:9 “Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he spoke thus: "Come, let us go to the seer"; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.” We have already listed the nine gifts of the Spirit in the previous section (1 Corinthians 12: 7-10). And so in this section we want to discuss the spiritual gifts that form part of the prophet’s ministry, for as with all the ministry gifts, there are certain spiritual gifts that form part of the

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Ephesians 3:4-5 “by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, (5) which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets.” This brings us to the third class of prophet, which is the class of prophet that exists in the church today. The only difference between the foundational prophets and the prophets in the church today is in the area of revealing New Tes

Christ Jesus Mark 6:4 “But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” As with the ministry gift of the apostle, there are also various classes of the ministry gift of the prophet. As we will see in this section, there are three classes within the ministry gift of the New Testament prophet. We have already seen that the Lord Jesus Christ heads up each ministry gift category, and in each c

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Zechariah 1:4 “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds." ‘But they did not hear nor heed Me," says the Lord.” In order of importance, the second ministry gift which we will examine is that of the prophet. But before we look at the ministry of the New Testament prophet as it exists today, we first need to establish the difference between the prophet in the New