Open Heaven 20 February 2018: There should be no complex
Memorise: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 1st Corinthians 12:11
Open Heaven 20 February 2018 Bible Reading: 1st Corinthians 12:1-12 (KJV)
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.
Open Heaven 20 February 2018 Bible in one year: Leviticus 17-18, 1st Corinthians 7:17-40, Hymn: Sing hymn 15
Open Heaven 20 February 2018 Daily Devotional Message
There is one silent source of confusion in the Body of Christ which must be addressed for the sake of the advancement of God’s kingdom.
It is a combination of attitudes and feelings known as the “complex”. A complex is a mental or psychological state that should be alien to the Body of Christ. It manifests itself as inferiority or superiority complex.
Ironically, the Church has lived with this issue through the ages. Apostle Paul in today’s text warns us against the manifestation of such attitudes – whether as inferiority or superiority complex. Read: Open Heaven 18 February 2018
How does the issue of “complex” operate in the Body of Christ? It is through the exhibition of spiritual gifts. There was an issue with the demonstration of spiritual gifts in the Church at Corinth, whereby some offices were considered superior and some other spiritual gifts were looked down on as inferior. Read: OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2018: AVOID SATAN’S BAIT
Against this background, Paul wrote to the Corinthian brethren to enlighten them on the distribution and operation of the different offices and spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ. The analogy of human body parts used by Paul to explain this spiritual truth is very profound. In 1stCorinthians 12:17, Paul rhetorically asks. Read: Open Heaven 21 February 2018
Open Heaven 20 February 2018
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were healing, where were the smelling?”
The truth is that the whole body cannot be the eyes; if this were the case there would be no movement, which is the prerogative of the legs. Therefore, if the eye cannot do without the legs and the ears cannot do without the nose, why should the eyes or ears think that they are superior to the legs or nose?
Unfortunately, this was the situation in the Church at Corinth, as is the case in a typical church organisation today. We must recognise this reality and work towards eradicating the anomaly by continuously teaching ourselves the truth of God’s word. Read: DAY 41 TUESDAY 20TH FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING PRAYER POINTS: AGAINST TERRORISM AND EXTREMISMS
The most important thing about spiritual gifts is that their recipients must use them for the edification of the Body of Christ.
(Ephesians 4:11-13, 1stCorinthians 12:22-25). For example, if we ignore the ministry of intercession because intercessors are often not known or seen like the evangelists and minstrels, the Church may become a comfortable zone for demons to operate, and then the preachers and the choir will preach and sing with no effect.
The Church must begin to appreciate the gift of God in each member of the Body of Christ and celebrate them for who they are as very important and valuable. There should be no complex of any kind.
Open Heaven 20 February 2018 Action Point
Identify the spiritual gifts God has deposited in your life and begin to use them for the advancement of God’s kingdom in your local Church assembly.
Open Heaven 20 February 2018 Sing hymn 15
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee;
E’ en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Though, like a wanderer
The sun gone down,
Darkness comes over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I’d be
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee.
There let me see the sight,
An open heaven;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
Angles to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee
Then, with my walking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise,
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
Glorious! Father, destroy every complex in your church. Let your light break out for the world to see
Father Lord take away inferiority and superiority complex from your church today amen