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Desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

  Desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.   1 Corinthians 14:1-5: “ Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he speaks mysteries in the spirit (pneumati). But he who prophesies speaks to men to build them up (oikodomen), to exhort and to comfort them. He who speaks in tongues builds up his own edification (oikodomei), but he who prophesies builds up the church. I want you all to speak in tongues, but I especially want you to prophesy. If he who speaks in tongues does not interpret to build up the church, he is inferior to the one who prophesies. ”   "Spiritual gifts" refers to spiritual gifts and signifies the Gospel, which speaks the mysteries of heaven. When preaching the Gospel in the church, if it is based on doctrine, one may preach a Gospel of falsehood. Therefore, the Gospel is to be preached according to what th...
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Without love, it gains me nothing.

  Without love, it gains me nothing.   1 Corinthians 13:1-3: “ If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love (agape), I am a resounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have no love (agape), I am nothing. If I give all my possessions to the poor and give my body to be burned, but have no love (agape), it gains me nothing. ”   Agaphen ( ἀ γ ά πην ) is the love of the cross of Jesus Christ. In other words, the love of the cross revives a dead spirit. This means that no matter how much a person speaks in tongues or imitates the words of angels in tongues, it is meaningless. Among the gifts given by God, speaking in tongues is ultimately a means to preach the gospel.   Agape ( ἀ γ ά πην ) is love for value. The most valuable thing is to revive a dead spirit. Therefore, the dead spirit can establish a relationship ...
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Just as the members of the body, though many, are one body, so is Christ.

  Just as the members of the body, though many, are one body, so is Christ.   1 Corinthians 12:12-13: "For just as the body, though many, has many members, yet the members of the body, though many, are one body, so is Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and we were all given one Spirit to drink."   By likening spiritual gifts to the body, it states that just as the body has many members, those who are in Christ also manifest their roles in diverse ways. It implies that both Jews and Greeks have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Christ.   The purpose of giving the baptism of the Holy Spirit is to witness the Gospel, to do so by the power of the Holy Spirit. If all believers receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and exercise spiritual gifts, they will demonstrate great power in the evangelism of the Gospel. However, the church tends to think that only ministers exercise such power...
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What is love?

  What is love?   1 Corinthians 12:4-7: "Love (he agape) is patient, love is kind (krestuetai), love does not envy, love does not boast, love is not arrogant, love does not behave rudely, love does not seek its own advantage, love does not get angry, love does not think evil, love does not rejoice in injustice, but rejoices with the truth, love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."   Here, love is related to the gifts given by God. The reason God gives gifts to believers is to preach the gospel. Although believers face many difficulties when preaching the gospel, because they are doing valuable work to revive dead spirits, they are able to be patient, endure, and devote themselves solely to ministry without seeking their own benefit.   Krestuetai ( χρηστεύ εται ) means knowing the value and benefit of it. He Agape ( ἡ ἀ γά πη ) is for the purpose of bringing life to all that was dead; therefore, it is not a competi...
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