Pentecost

Tanner Cross

How many times have you been discouraged by the news?

How will we navigate this society which is getting worse.

We are lost on how to speak up because of the potential loss.

“I love all my students and will never lie to them regardless of the consequence, I am a teacher but I serve God first and I can never affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and visversa, because its against my religion, its lying to a child, abuse to a child and its sinning against our God.”

Two elements

There is a worship of God

There is the work of the Holy Spirit allowing him to speak boldly which benefits others

Utilizing our gifts: For me and for you

The Holy spirit allows me to worship God correctly

1 Corinthians 12:3 NKJV

3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

New Testament VII: 1–2 Corinthians (Rightly Praising God)

RIGHTLY PRAISING GOD. BASIL: If two yardsticks are compared with each other, their straightness is in agreement. But if a distorted piece of wood is compared with a ruler, the crooked one will be at variance with the straight. Since, therefore, the praise of God is righteous, there is need of a righteous heart, in order that the praise may be fitting and adapted to it. “No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except in the Holy Spirit.” So how can one offer due praise if one does not have the right spirit in one’s heart?

Diversity of Gifts for the benefit of All

1 Corinthians 12:7 NASB95

7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:8–9 NASB95

8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

To utilize our gifts is to worship God and to worship God is to utilize our gifts.

Two sides of the same coin.