Christianity ruins families.

[giblets]

Knowledge isn't a gift because people obtain it by their own actions. I guess Paul made a typo.

[Ben Kenobi]

It's ok, we can safely rule out your list since none of that is apparent in any of your posts thus far. ie. intelligence

That's not on the list.

Intelligence is a talent, not a gift.

[Princess Peach]

I'm sorry. I'm not going to tell you what mine is. This is very personal.

It's ok, we can safely rule out your list since none of that is apparent in any of your posts thus far. ie. intelligence

[Asher]

He gives tremendous priest head.

[Ben Kenobi]

Was your gift the gift of trolling and creating stupid arguments? You are very good at it. Good thing Christ let you have access to the internet.

I'm sorry. I'm not going to tell you what mine is. This is very personal.

[Ben Kenobi]

Albert.

Some people have god-given talents. They can sing. They can play baseball. They are intelligent and quick learners.

This has nothing to do with us, and what we choose for ourselves. This is what we get to work with. These are called 'talents'. God asks us to look at these as gifts, that someone who has considerable talents will be expected to make more of them than someone who does not have as many. However everyone gets something.

Then there are spiritual gifts. These include things like speaking in tongues and interpretation. These are in 1 Corinthians 12:27-30. There's a whole list of them.

Wisdom
Knowledge
Discerning of spirits
Speaking in tongues
Interpretation of tongues
Prophecy
Faith
Working of miracles
Healing

These are supernatural gifts.

Everyone has some form of these. They can also be acquired in a shadowy sense through study and prayer and application over time. There are examples of people who have manifested a particular gift and then lost a particular gift, in the sense that it is no longer manifest.

Your calling, is a particular occupation, which applies both your god-given talents and your spiritual gifts. There's a process called discernment that we all go through to gain better knowledge and understanding of our own abilities, as well as their proper use.

I'm not a spiritual director Albert. But yes, God can and does call us to certain tasks.

[giblets]

Was your gift the gift of trolling and creating stupid arguments? You are very good at it. Good thing Christ let you have access to the internet.

It's all part of His plan to make His followers look like a bunch of morons.

[DaShi]

Bad form. Princess Peach should relate everything to Super Mario Bros.

[Princess Peach]

Everyone has their talents and their spiritual gifts.

Then he provides an opportunity for you to use them.

Was your gift the gift of trolling and creating stupid arguments? You are very good at it. Good thing Christ let you have access to the internet.

[Al B. Sure!]

Everyone has their talents and their spiritual gifts.

Then he provides an opportunity for you to use them.

And this is not directing your own steps, how?

[Ben Kenobi]

And how does he do that?

Everyone has their talents and their spiritual gifts.

Then he provides an opportunity for you to use them.

[Al B. Sure!]

Where did I say that I chose my calling? I didn't. Christ chooses your calling.

And how does he do that?

[Ben Kenobi]

Why the contradiction between Romans 12:19-21 and Deuteronomy 13:6-10?

There's no contradiction. Deuteronomy applies to the Israelites. Are you an Israelite? No.

Then Romans applies. The Israelites are God's chosen people. We are not. We do not have their rights granted to them in the OT.
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And you still haven't responded to Jeremiah 10:23. How are you not directing your own steps by determining how to serve God? There is only one way to serve God and that is by worshiping Him, spreading His Word, and following His laws and commandments.

Where did I say that I chose my calling? I didn't. Christ chooses your calling.

[Jon Miller]

Ben:

Why the contradiction between Romans 12:19-21 and Deuteronomy 13:6-10?

And you still haven't responded to Jeremiah 10:23. How are you not directing your own steps by determining how to serve God? There is only one way to serve God and that is by worshiping Him, spreading His Word, and following His laws and commandments.

You are reading verses and not understanding. There isn't a contradiction (I agree that there would be if they were both the words of people of God at the same time/place/audience, but they aren't).

JM

[Al B. Sure!]

Ben:

Why the contradiction between Romans 12:19-21 and Deuteronomy 13:6-10?

And you still haven't responded to Jeremiah 10:23. How are you not directing your own steps by determining how to serve God? There is only one way to serve God and that is by worshiping Him, spreading His Word, and following His laws and commandments.