This word “ungifted” never appears anywhere in scripture but in this chapter. It clearly is referring to people who have not received any of the more prophetic gifts. And I at that point had not. Paul is not in any way in this passage shaming or rebuking the ungifted. Rather he is warning those who are prophetically gifted of not unduly offending the ungifted when we gather in our public worship services.

WE looked at each other and realized we had just lived out this scripture. Randy had read the supernatural word of God to me for five whole chapters until I could get cleansed of the burden that I was carrying. It was a supernatural work that happened that night through Randy reading the word of God to me.

Sadly while many of us would identify ourselves as evangelicals, in our daily experience and expectation we function more as Deists. That is – we say we believe in the God the Bible reveals, but we rarely expect to see Him working in our daily lives and circumstances.

I’ve found myself often in these last four months pondering that unquenchable thirst “to know” that was first seen in Adam and Eve

And surely one of the great defects of the church of Christ in our day is that we often elevate a man’s gifts to such a degree that we overlook and foolishly excuse his or her lack of love.

Prophets and teachers typically don’t overly appreciate each other. But in this church (Jerusalem) they were the ones who in harmony and unity heard the word of the Lord and carried it out

Only when we are regularly reminded of how we were before Christ saved us, will we appreciate the greatness of His salvation. Only when we are regularly reminded of who we are in the flesh in the present, will we appreciate the greatness of His grace, and cleansing blood, and impartation of the life of Christ by His Spirit.

Surely the observance of communion with our Savior is one of our greatest privileges as saints. May we all grow in our understanding and Spirit enabled experience of this ancient but highly relevant practice.

The treasure we have in our Savior's blood is beyond comprehension or description. That is - no matter what depths we plumb, there will always be more to understand and experience.

You and I are called and destined to be the very fragrance of Christ among everyone we are ever around, but that is not guaranteed; and one of the things that will determine whether we are or not is whether we have learned to die to our rights and entitlements, and live in absolute submission to the risen Christ, who is the Lord of lord and King of kings, and the Lord of the harvest.