By Sidharth Mohandas on January 22, 2009
In order for a building to stand strong and firm, it’s foundations must be laid properly (Matthew 7:24-27). At Imrah we have been dealing with the foundational doctrines of Christ for the past 6-7 months based on Hebrews 6:1-2 NIV; so that you would be unshakably rooted in Christ, no matter what life throws your [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on September 16, 2008
By Sidharth Mohandas
Introduction
In our previous articles we shared with you on how important it is to actively desire the supernatural gifts that Abba has offered to us through His Spirit.
Paul, after instructing us to actively desire these gifts, goes on to say something that he considered more important. He says, “And now I [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on September 11, 2008
By Sidharth Mohandas
In this article I will be dealing with the last three gifts of the Spirit, which can be collectively called the Gifts of Power. I will quickly brush through these three gifts as they don’t need much of an explanation.
(a) The Gift of Faith
The “gift of faith” should not be confused with “saving [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on September 9, 2008
By Sidharth Mohandas
What should our response be to the manifestation of the prophetic gift? If someone gives you a prophecy, what do you do with it? In this article I wish to answer this question under two headings:
(1) Our response to its offer
(2) Our response to its operation
Let’s start with the first heading…
(1) Our response [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on September 7, 2008
By Sidharth Mohandas
As we continue to study the spiritual gifts, I want you to know that each gift is a facet of Christ Himself. Therefore, the elimination of any one of the gifts would be equivalent to putting a veil over of a particular facet of Christ. Today, we will deal with one such facet [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on September 5, 2008
By Sidharth Mohandas
These two gifts are unique in the fact that they had never manifested before the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. And just like the other gifts of the Spirit, not everyone can operate in these gifts (1 Corinthians 12:29-30 ESV). They are given freely as the Spirit wills [...]
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By Titto Thomas on August 29, 2008
By Titto Thomas
CAUTION: As I mentioned in the first post, gifts are very essential to us. We at Imrah consider the spiritual gifts to be a foundational topic. When we are young in Christ, we usually depend on God through the faith of others. And while there is nothing wrong with that, God does not want [...]
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By Titto Thomas on August 21, 2008
By Titto Thomas
In the last post, we learned a few aspects of the “charismatic gifts” mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12. In this post, I want to look at this topic from a different angle. It is interesting to note that before Paul started to teach about the gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, he put emphasis [...]
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By Titto Thomas on August 18, 2008
By Titto Thomas
Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (Ephesians 4:8 ESV)
As New Testament believers, we have realities that far exceed our present experiences. Once we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, we are open to His service. And one of the [...]
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By Sidharth Mohandas on November 21, 2007
By Sidharth Mohandas
While Jesus was with His disciples He made it clear to them that the Holy Spirit would not come until He [Jesus] ascended back to heaven [John 16:7]. He also said that when His disciples would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, they’d be witnesses unto Him [Acts 1:8]. In [...]
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