David Lim, “Spiritual Gifts” Part 5

This is more like it. Lim seems to be back on track here. It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen “wildfire” in my local church. Maybe we have taken the decency and order thing a little too far.

“Third, it is important not to react. Paul says to the Corinthians, “eagerly desire spiritual gifts” (v. 1), be zealous for them and channel the zeal to build the Church (v. 12), and don’t forbid speaking in tongues (v. 39). Fear of extremes often causes churches to shrink form a complete gift ministry. The baby is thrown out with the bath water, the fire is feared because of possible wildfire, or, as the Chinese proverb puts it, we trim the toe to fit the shoe. On the other hand, to zealously follow an untested position that has little biblical base is to ask for problems that will hinder the very revival we all seek.”

David Lim, “Spiritual Gifts,” in Systematic Theology: Revised Edition, ed. Stanley M. Horton (Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 2007), 478.

David Lim, “Spiritual Gifts,” Part 3

 

Lim is referring to his grouping of the spiritual gifts  based on 1Corinthians 12: 6-8 and 1Corinthians 14: 1-33

“Teaching, ministry of the body of Christ to the Church and the world, and worship are three keys to a healthy local assembly. If we have only two of these categories without the third we have imbalance and open ourselves to difficulties.

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David Lim, “Spiritual Gifts,” Part 1

I’m studying Pentecostal Pneumatology at the moment and came across some interesting ideas by David Lim in one of this week’s readings. This is the first one about gifts of the Spirit and is great to introduce the idea.

“There are various views on the nature of the gifts of the Spirit.

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Hi and welcome to the beginning of what I hope will become a useful place for Pentecostals, particularly Aussies who live in rural and regional areas to engage with some of the material that I encounter as I work towards my Batchelor of Theology degree with Alphacrucis College. As always I am accompanied by my faithful sidekick Banjo who will no doubt be making his own contribution to the debate.

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