@doame_aces@TheCharlesIsidi@asemota Don't mind them, for us that live and well traveled, it has nothing to do with any country milk, but your gut, it's not a Nigeria thing.
Take your own needs seriously again. Speak kindly to yourself again. Give yourself time to breathe again. Let yourself make mistakes again. Ask for what you need again. Recognise your own effort again. Take pride in who you are again. Feel safe being yourself again.
@HopeBloomMusic@fayyisfine It's even worst saying tradition of Christianity, the skull gives bad vibes, also we need to question and discernment.what the bible say about following the tradition of men. Images not give true God given music
I found a prayer in Micah 7:7 this morning. Lord, concerning the things in my life that I cannot fix, force, or figure out, teach me to stay with You until I see what You will do. When everything around me gives me reasons to give up, keep my heart settled enough to wait for You to make things right. Let me not run ahead of You because I am tired of waiting, or take matters into my own hands because I cannot see how You will work it out. Give me the grace to say, “I will wait for the God of my salvation,” even when the waiting is uncomfortable. Let me trust that You hear me, even when the answer has not yet come. And when You finally turn this thing around, let me remember that You were worth waiting for.
Now it is becoming clearer. Manifesting the gifts of the Spirit is not the same as spiritual maturity.
Gifts are gifts. They are given, not grown. But maturity is formed.
Let us flesh this out properly from the very scriptures you are pointing to, because Paul did not leave this ambiguous.
1. “You came behind in no gift…” Yet they were immature
From 1 Corinthians 1:7
Paul, writing to the Corinthian church, makes a startling statement:
“So that ye come behind in no gift…”
This church was fully loaded with spiritual gifts. Prophecy, tongues, knowledge, manifestations. There was no deficiency in expression.
Yet, this same church becomes Paul’s primary case study of immaturity in the New Testament.
2. “I could not speak unto you as spiritual…”
From 1 Corinthians 3:1
“I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.”
This is the contradiction that exposes a major error in the body today.
How can a people
Not lack any gift
Yet be called carnal
Yet be addressed as babes
Paul is dismantling the assumption that power equals growth.
They had gifts, but they also had
Strife
Division
Envy
Party spirit. “I am of Paul, I am of Apollos…”
So Paul says clearly
You are gifted, but you are not spiritual.
That is heavy.
3. “I do not want you to be ignorant…”
From 1 Corinthians 12:1
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.”
Notice this carefully.
Ignorance is possible even in the midst of manifestations.
You can be
Speaking in tongues
Prophesying
Operating in word of knowledge
and still be ignorant of what is actually happening, why it is happening, and how it should be governed.
That is why the same Corinthian church
Misused tongues
Interrupted gatherings
Turned spiritual expression into chaos
So Paul introduces doctrine to regulate power.
4. The Core Apostolic Argument
Paul’s message across these chapters is consistent.
Gifts are not proof of maturity.
They are proof of grace at work.
But maturity is seen in
Doctrine
Love
Order
Discernment
Character formation
That is why in between chapter 12 and chapter 14, Paul inserts 1 Corinthians 13 love.
Because without maturity
Gifts become noise
Power becomes pride
Expression becomes confusion
5. The Final Blow
This is where many miss it.
A man can
Prophesy accurately
Heal the sick
Demonstrate power
and still be
Carnal
Immature
Doctrinally unstable
Because gifts flow from the Spirit, but maturity is formed in the soul through the Word.
6. The Apostolic Balance
Paul is not against gifts. He actually says
“Covet earnestly the best gifts…” — 1 Corinthians 12:31
But he is correcting the metric.
Do not use gifts to measure growth.
Use doctrine and formation.
Final Charge
Stop being impressed by manifestations without formation.
Stop equating activity with maturity.
The Corinthian church had power, but Paul called them babies.
Growth is not what you display.
Growth is what you have become.
10 SIGNS YOU’RE EMOTIONALLY STRONG:
1. Criticism does not break confidence.
2. Silence does not feel lonely.
3. Rejection does not change self worth.
4. Delays do not create panic.
5. Anger is controlled, not expressed blindly.
6. Boundaries are clear.
7. Apologies come without ego.
8. Forgiveness feels freeing.
9. Growth matters more than being right.
10. Peace feels powerful.