Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, March 6, 2025

QT 3/6/2025 1 Cor 6:1-5, Spiritual gifts is not evidence of spiritual maturity

1 Corinthians 6:1–5 (ESV) —

1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

 

NOTE: There is some interesting insight and a very simple practical application. The interesting truth is that in the age to come, we will have the job of judging those alive during the millennial kingdom. We will also judge angels, although I'm not sure how that will work or why that is needed (you either rebelled with Satan or you didn't). Since at some point, we will be judges, we should be capable of settling trivial suits among ourselves. I believe this is another place where the elders should be involved, and where a spirit of prayer is necessary. The "easy" application is to get spiritual counsel from the elders (by definition includes pastors). Usually, there are some necessary spiritual lessons in the case where two believers are ready to go to court against each other.

 

A final point, is that despite the abundance of gifts, is Paul saying that there is a lack of wisdom in the church ("no one among you wise enough")? In churches that emphasize spiritual gifts, is there a failure to emphasize the word of God and teach the heavier topics such as biblical doctrine? Is there a relationship with an abundance of spiritual gifts and spiritual immaturity?

 

PONDER:

  1. Our gifts are important to be exercised, but what are we doing to saturate our lives with thee word of God?
  2. A willingness to go to court suggests a very low concept of God and the Spirit's change in a person's heart, in other words immaturity. What am I doing to mature in the faith?

 

PRAYER: Father, teach us from you word. Give us wisdom from the truth of your word so that we can live in a manner worthy of you.

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