The Doctrine of Jesus - Bible Study of how to be "Led by the Spirit of God"

    When Jesus did the ministry of Jesus begin ?
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Mark 1:1-45
CHAPTER 1

1    The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2    As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3    The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4    John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5    And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6    And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7    And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8    I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9    And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10    And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11    And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12    And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
13    And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
(KJV)

Luke 4:1-14
CHAPTER 4

1    And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2    Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3    And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4    And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
5    And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6    And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7    If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9    And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10    For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11    And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12    And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
13    And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14    And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
(KJV)

    Did Jesus teach, heal and perform miracles as God, or as a man under the annointing of the Holy Spirit(Holy Ghost) ?
Luke 4:16-24
16    And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17    And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written(Isaiah 61:1),
18    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19    To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20    And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21    And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22    And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23    And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24    And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
(KJV)

    After the cross, when Jesus returned and spent time with his disciples, why did he ask them to "tarry in Jerusalem" ?

Luke 24:44-53
44    And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
45    Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46    And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48    And ye are witnesses of these things.
49    And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
50    And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
51    And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
52    And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53    And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
(KJV)

    What did Jesus tell the disciples about being baptised ?

Acts 1:1-5
CHAPTER 1

1    The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2    Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3    To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4    And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5    For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
(KJV)

     How did the disciples prepare as they "tarried" ?

Acts 1:9-14
9    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10    And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11    Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12    Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14    These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
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    Was Pentecost why Jesus had asked them to "tarry" ?

Acts 2:1-47
CHAPTER 2

1    And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2    And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3    And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5    And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6    Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7    And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8    And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10    Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11    Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12    And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
13    Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14   But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15    For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16    But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17    And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18    And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19    And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21    And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22    Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24    Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25    For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26    Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27    Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28    Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29    Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30    Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31    He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32    This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33    Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34    For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35    Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36    Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37    Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39    For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40    And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41    Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
42    And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43    And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44    And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45    And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46    And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47    Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
(KJV)

What are other examples of Jews and gentiles being filled with the Holy Ghost ?

What is "Bible Evidence of being Filled with the Holy Ghost" ?

Acts 8:14-18
14    Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15    Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16    (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17    Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18    And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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What did Simon (an unsaved man) see ? - - -    or was it what he heard ?

Acts 10:19-48
19    While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20    Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21    Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
22    And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
23    Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
24    And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25    And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26    But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27    And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
28    And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29    Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
30    And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31    And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
32    Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33    Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
34    Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35    But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
36    The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37    That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
38    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
39    And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40    Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41    Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42    And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43    To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44    While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45    And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46   For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47    Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48    And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
(KJV)

Acts 19:1-11
CHAPTER 19

1    And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2    He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3    And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4    Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5    When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6    And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7    And all the men were about twelve.
8    And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9    But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10    And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11    And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
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    What did Paul tell the Corinthians about demonstration of the Spirit and power ?

1 Cor 2:1-16
CHAPTER 2

1    And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2   For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3    And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4    And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5    That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6    Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7    But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8    Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9    But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10    But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11    For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12    Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13    Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15    But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16    For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
(KJV)

    What did Paul tell Timothy about the spirit of fear ?

2 Tim 1:6-14
6    Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8    Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
9    Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
10    But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
11    Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12    For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
13    Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14    That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
(KJV)

    What did Paul tell the Corinthians about Spiritual Gifts ?

1 Cor 12:1-31
CHAPTER 12

1    Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2    Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3    Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4    Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5    And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6    And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7    But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8    For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9    To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11    But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12    For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13   For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14    For the body is not one member, but many.
15    If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16    And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17    If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18    But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19    And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20    But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21    And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22    Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23    And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24    For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25    That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26    And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27    Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28    And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29    Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30    Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31    But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
(KJV)

    What did Paul teach about Prophecy and Tongues ?

1 Cor 14:1-40

CHAPTER 14

1    Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2    For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3    But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4    He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5    I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6    Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7    And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8    For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9    So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10    There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11    Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12    Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13    Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14    For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15    What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16    Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17    For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18   I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19    Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20    Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21    In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22    Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23    If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24    But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25    And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26    How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27    If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28    But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29    Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30    If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31    For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32    And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34    Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35    And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36    What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37    If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38    But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39    Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40    Let all things be done decently and in order.
(KJV)

     How did Paul tell the Ephesians to pray for a spirit of wisdom and knowledge ?

Eph 1:1-23
CHAPTER 1

1    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2    Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5    Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7    In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8    Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9    Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10    That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12    That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13    In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14    Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15    Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16    Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19    And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20    Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21    Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22    And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23    Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
(KJV)

    What did Paul tell the Ephesians about "the mystery of Christ" ?

Eph 3:1-21
CHAPTER 3

1    For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2    If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3    How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4    Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5    Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6    That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7    Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8    Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9    And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10    To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11    According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12    In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13    Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14    For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15    Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16    That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17    That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18    May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19    And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20    Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21    Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
(KJV)

    What did Paul tell the Ephesians about the equiping of the saints ?

Eph 4:1-32
CHAPTER 4

1    I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2    With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3    Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4    There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5    One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6    One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
7    But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8    Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9    (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10    He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11    And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12    For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13    Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15    But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16    From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
17    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18    Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19    Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20    But ye have not so learned Christ;
21    If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23    And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24    And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27    Neither give place to the devil.
28    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29    Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30    And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
(KJV)

    What did Peter say about the wisdom given to Paul in his letters ?

2 Pet 3:15-18
15    And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16    As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17    Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
18    But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
(KJV)

    Are Gifts of the Spirit and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost for us today ?

Heb 13:8
8    Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
(KJV)

John 17:13-26
13    And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14    I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15    I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16    They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17    Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18    As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19    And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20   Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21    That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22    And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23    I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24    Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25    O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26    And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
(KJV)

Mark 16:14-20
14    Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15    And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16    He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17    And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18    They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19    So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20    And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
(KJV)

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