INSPIRATIONAL NEWSLETTER

MONDAY, MAY 8, 2023

SPIRIT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

The giftings of the fivefold ministry should have one purpose, and that is the equipping of the saints until we come into unity.

We pray that this newsletter and its contents that we share will help you on your daily journey with Christ, causing you to grow in the ways of the Lord.

Russell and Helen Sanders

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BIBLE VERSE

"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 John 4:3 KJV

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RUSSELL SANDERS

5-8-2023

TEACHERS OF THE WORD

James 3:1-2 says, “My brethren, be not many masters (teachers), knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we (may) offend all (or many people) …”

The original Greek word for master is diaskalos (Strongs 1320), which means an instructor or teacher. Jesus was often respectfully called Master. It was a title of honor and respect, which also acknowledged him as a teacher of the things of God and faith.

Seeing that it was a title of very high honor in Jesus’ days, many people in the early church apparently desired to have their egos stroked by being called teacher or master. Unfortunately, many of them often taught biblical error. In verse 2 the word for offend, ptaib, comes from Strong’s 4417, which means to trip up a person, to be in error, to cause to fail or sin, to cause to stumble. It is very possible that those teaching error could have been doing it in ignorance, not being sufficiently knowledgeable of the word of God, or teaching out of one’s own human reasoning instead of being Holy Spirit-led.

Condemnation in verse one means judgment, damnation, greatly condemned, as in a judgment decision against a crime.

That is how seriously God takes teaching error or doctrinal error. Hence, Paul is giving them warning about the desire that many of them had to be a teacher or instructor of the people. We must be careful of what we wish, lest at some time God brings us under judgment for what we have taught.

God, the Holy Spirit, calls a person to the office of Teacher (Ephesians 4:11) in the same way as he calls a Pastor, Evangelist, Prophet, or Apostle. God ordains it. You cannot choose it for yourselves.

If we choose an office for ourselves, or simply accept the office because men appointed it to us, we are quite likely to be operating in this office out of our flesh instead of by the Holy Spirit. This can put one in a position of judgment if one errs from the truth.

The word says that we should covet the best gifts. Just make sure it is the Holy Spirit leading us and not our own ego or self-esteem. God loves a pure heart, humble and meek.

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HELEN SANDERS

5-8-2023

EARS TO HEAR

When John received the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation, he was told to write letters to seven different churches. At the end of each letter of chastisement and commendation Jesus said, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Rev. 2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:22.)

This means that the letters were not written just for each of those seven churches, but for us also. But the letters do not do much good unless we “hear” what Jesus is saying to each of those seven churches by reading them and listening to what God says directly to us. We must tune our spiritual ears “in” to know what the logos (written word) of each of the letters is saying and ask God to reveal that word personally (rhema) to us individually. 

By listening to the Spirit and acting on what we hear, we can learn from each letter. In Hebrews 5:11b it says, “…seeing you are dull of hearing.” This means that we just are not listening enough to know what God wants to say. 

We must fine tune our ears to listen more. So often, we are speaking when God wants to speak. You cannot speak and hear at the same time. One must relent to the other. In the season we are in we must listen more than ever. Without a listening ear we will miss what God says to us. Most of the time we hear Him through reading the Word of God. Remember, God’s word is alive. It speaks. It is on rare occasions that God speaks audibly.

Are your ears fine-tuned? Then you will hear. If not, then you, and only you, can choose to change. Make it your daily goal to listen. He will speak if you have an ear to hear.

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