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1 Corinthians Chapter 14 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPHECY AND TONGUES WITHIN THE CHURCH
Vs. 1 Paul shifts his message from Love being the guiding motivation for the practice of the biblical gifts to giving instructions on the gifts of tongues and prophecy. The reason for this is that the Corinithian church were using and abusing these gifts the most. In addition, because tongues is or may be the “usual” sign or the initial evidence to receiving the baptism in the Spirit, the Holy Spirit himself choose… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on May 1, 2010 at 9:44pm — 3 Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary - Chapter 13 - LOVE IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER USE WITH THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
Vs. 1-3 The point here is simply that without love gifts will lose their proper value, reward, and effectiveness. Paul brings this out using examples of gifts highly valued by the Corinthians. For example, tongues without love may gain attention but do not contribute to genuine worship and in later chapters is used to clarify why tongues only build the believer and not the congregation since the gift of tongues is… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on May 1, 2010 at 9:21pm — 2 Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary - Chapter 12 - THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, UNITY WITH DIVERSITY
Vs. 1-3 Paul introduces the subject of spiritual gifts and begins by letting the Corinthians know that there are certain aspects of the gifts which need to be BETTER understood. Notice that Paul is not questioning the gifts themselves, he knows they are from God but the gifts needed to be exercised in love and in decency and in order. Before becoming Christians, the Corinthians were led astray and influenced to mute idols (little… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on May 1, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary - Chapter 11 - HOLY COMMUNION
Vs 1-2 Paul wants Christians to imitate him to the extent that he imitates Christ. This DOES NOT MEAN that Paul is perfect because Christ is the ONLY perfect (sinless) person. Paul praises the Corinthian church for holding to his essential teachings and because the Corinthians considered everything Paul taught in matters of doctrine. Again, this doesn’t mean that the Corinthian church in fact “put into practice” all that the Apostle Paul taught as… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on May 1, 2010 at 8:46pm — No Comments
BIBLE VERSIONS 101 - WHAT BIBLE DID JESUS USE?
What Version of the Bible did the Lord Jesus Utilize?
Question for you, "From which version of the Bible did Jesus quote?" Believe it or not, a large majority of Clergy men and women select the "answer" indicating Jesus quoted from the "King James Version." And while many jokes have been made about the different versions there still remains some vagueness in understanding the different types of Bibles and where they originated from.
This document will discuss the…
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 30, 2010 at 10:00pm — 6 Comments
1 Corinthains Chapter 10 - EXAMPLES FROM ISRAEL'S HISTORY & SEEKING THE GOOD OF OTHERS
Vs. 1-4 the Jewish people, our spiritual ancestors, and Christians, both drink from the same spiritual rock (Jesus). According to Dr. David Stern (a Messianic Jew) the idea of the pre-existence of Messiah is found in numerous Jewish writings. The Jewish people are the true forefathers of our faith (Gal. 3:7-9). “Baptized into Moses” means: a. that the Jewish people were brought into relationship with God by… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 28, 2010 at 9:03pm — No Comments
1 Corinthains Commentary Chapter 9 - THE BIBLICAL RIGHTS OF A MINISTER
INTRODUCTION: In chapter 8 Paul set out the limits of Christian liberty. In this chapter Paul sets forth how he personally followed this principle. In Vs. 1-18 Paul discusses his biblical right to receive financial support from the church he planted. In Vs. 19-27 how he gave up these rights in an effort to win people to Christ. Paul is not saying here that ministers should not be supported nor is he saying that ministers should be exactly… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 27, 2010 at 12:11pm — 2 Comments
1 Corinthians Chapter 8 Commentary - BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LOVE: SEEKING THE GOOD OF OTHERS ABOVE YOUR OWN
INTRODUCTION: Greeks and Romans were Polytheistic (worship of many gods). They believed that evil spirits would try to invade human beings by attaching themselves to things (in this case it was food before it was eaten). They believed that the spirits could be removed only by the particular animals which provided the food that would be sacrificed to the god’s. Sacrifices were meant to cleanse the meat… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 27, 2010 at 12:06pm — No Comments
ARMINIANISM AND THE WORD OF GOD - by Dr. Henry
ARMINIIANISM & THE WORD OF GOD by Dr. Henry, President of the A.O.C.I. 4/24/2010
First, I want to make it clear that the purpose for me in writing this paper is not to be divisive. However, I believe it is important for our brethren to begin to understand the fundamental truths of Classical Arminian theology. I believe there is confusion not only with the brethren who hold to Calvin’s teachings, but equally confusing are Arminian brethren. Let me just…
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 24, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary, Chapter 7 Part 2 - PRINCIPLES FOR SINGLES AND WIDOWS
Vs. 25-28 Although Virgins here is the masculine plural it does include both young men & women promised by their parents according to the Jewish custom of those times. Although the LORD did not directly deal with this issue, Paul is inspired by the Holy Spirit to write on the subject of singles and widows. He is a trustworthy source since the Spirit of God is inspiring him to write on the subject and he is an agent that God is… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 24, 2010 at 6:23pm — No Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary. Chapter 7 Part 1 - PRINCIPLES OF A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
INTRODUCTION: The original city of Corinth was destroyed by the Romans in approximately 146 B.C. and rebuilt in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar rebuilt Corinth as a Roman colony for freed slaves (mostly Syrians, Egyptians and Jewish). Though Latin was the official language, Greek was the language & culture of the people. Corinth was the capital of Achaia with possibly 250,000 citizens plus another 400,000 slaves. It was the host city… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 24, 2010 at 6:20pm — No Comments
1 Cor. Commentary, Chapter 6 - CHRISTIANS AND SEXUAL IMMORALITY
v. 1-6 Members of the Corinthian church were suing each other in the civil court. Paul told them to settle their disputes within the church, because the least-esteemed man in the church could judge better than a man in the worldly court. Paul explained that this type of behavior would damage their testimony in that the pagan world would wonder about the love proclaimed by Christians. This absolutely horrified Paul. If Christians will judge… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 23, 2010 at 12:58pm — No Comments
1 Corinthians Commentary- Chapter 5 - THE CASE OF A SINNING CHRISTIAN
v. 1 A man was openly living with his father’s wife, his stepmother. It is likely that she left the father to cohabit with the son and this is forbidden even in the Law of Moses (Lev. 18:8; Deut. 22:30; 27:20). This sinning Christian was misinterpreting his freedom from the Law to mean he could break some of the fundamental principles established for the strength of the family. LIBERTY DOES NOT MEAN LICENSE TO SIN.
V. 2 instead of… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 19, 2010 at 9:58pm — 4 Comments
1 Corinthians Chapter 4 Commentary - PAUL TEACHES FAITHFULNESS
v. 1-4 these verses show that Paul was being criticized, judged and attacked by some in the Corinthian church. Although Paul’s conscience was clear ultimately it is God who determines whether one has proved themselves to be faithful. God requires faithfulness in our ministry to which he has called us to.
10 things that will block your faithfulness to God are: 1. Covetous heart 2. Immaturity in Christ 3. Blaming God 4. Unbelief 5. Fear of man 6.… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 16, 2010 at 7:06pm — No Comments
1 Cor. Commentary - Chapter 3, THE CHURCH IS HOLY
v. 1 Many of the Corinthian Christians hadn’t entered into spiritual maturity but where carnal (worldly). They were still living the carnal lives meaning they where dominated by desires of human flesh and mind and demonstrating human wisdom instead of Godly wisdom. Paul called them babes in Christ (2 Peter 1).
v. 2 Babes in Christ aren’t able to understand and put into practice the clear teachings of the Bible. They look more to testimonies and stories.… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 14, 2010 at 9:31am — No Comments
1 Corinthians - Ch 2 Commentary - THE WISDOM OF GOD IS THE ONLY TRUE WISDOM
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 11, 2010 at 7:24am — 1 Comment
1 Corinthians - Introduction and Chapter 1 Commentary
INTRODUCTION:
Paul went to Corinth in Greece on his second missionary journey. Corinth was a thriving commercial center and a very corrupt city. The church in Corinth had several problems, so Paul wrote this epistle to deal with them. Wherever imperfect people congregate in the name of Jesus, there will be disagreements. If they are not dealt with promptly and properly, they can become major divisions. The unity of believers is the… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 10, 2010 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments
Response to a False Statement of Faith - Galatians 1:8
INTRODUCTION: Recently I reviewed the website of a new AOCI member. As president of the AOCI it is ultimately my responsibility to ensure I protect the members from “wolves” dressed as sheep (shepherds). After concluding my research and receiving feedback and commentary from our board of advisors, I wanted to use this individual’s statement of faith to provide commentary and correction to some of the beliefs now… Continue
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on April 2, 2010 at 7:37pm — 11 Comments
Are you a Duck or a Eagle?
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on March 20, 2010 at 12:28am — No Comments
Feb 2010 brief announcements.
A message to all members of Association of Clergy International - A.O.C.I.
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1. Rev Peter Shelpman found an awesome free translator service on the web. It is called systranet.com. You can copy and paste anything and it will translate it in your chosen language. Or you can type… |
Added by Dr. Henry, President of the AOCI on February 13, 2010 at 8:01pm — No Comments
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