"That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowedging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus." PHILEMON 1:6

If we do not acknowledge by knowing and saying the good things that are ours or in us in Christ Jesus, then we can not communicate or tell others about our faith effectively!



The Gifts of the Spirit are not for the soul, the soul is the mind 
and the gifts have to relationship with our mental abilities. 
They are supernatural manifestations.
The Gifts of the Spirit are not for the body because the body cannot contact the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit must have a vessel in which to place His gifts, we are that vessel.
The works of the flesh having to do with the spirit:
Idolatry-spirit worship
Witchcraft-spirit, superstition, demons
The works of the flesh having to do with the body:
Adultry-sex between two people not married to each other
Fornication-sex when unmarried
Uncleanness-immorality
Lasciviousnes-exciting lust
Romans 8:13, For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; 
behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthiians 5:17
We live by the Spirit, through prayer: communion; through praise: rejoicing; 
through songs: joy; and through reading of the Word of God.
There is a battle between the natural, the unregenerated soul 
and the human, born-again spirit.
Spiritual bankruptcy is to accumulate facts and information,
but to possess no communion or power with God.
Born-again people follow the spiritual direction of the inner man.
There is a battle of the spirit for spiritual growth.
Meekness and stubbornness in the same person reveals 
soul and spirit in conflict.
The soul must be conquered before the spirit is free.
Our spirit can continue learning all our life.
It can become holier.
But God's Spirit in us always remains the same.
Our soul is our will, mind and emotions.
The spirit needs the mind, but it must be renewed.
A double-minded person is when soul and spirit are not united.
Our spirit can keep growing and when the spirit and soul are right,  
they will go after the body to demand sanctification.
Another working of the spirit is to rule in heavenly places.
Another working of the spirit is to gain victory over fears, unbelief and demons.
To see the workings of the spirit, we need the soul and body.
The spirit uses the soul and body to communicate.
Our spirit is to rule and govern our soul and our body.
The believer's spirit contacts and interacts with God.
The believer's soul contacts and interacts with others.
The believer's body contacts and interacts with earth.
The activities of our human spirit are fellowship in prayer, song and praise.
We send God's Spirit to others by our spirit.
The gifts of the Spirit from the Holy Spirit are living in us.
Knowing is not guessing or learning.
Who knows the Spirit of Christ?
To understand God's Word is to discern spiritually and to receive revelation from Him.
1 Corinthians 2:11 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.

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