11.00am - Mr Richard Tregaskis
7.00pm - No Service @ Greenwell Steet
Moderator visiting 1st Ards Presbyterian Church
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- Perhaps you have recently moved into the area, want to pick up a church connection again after many years or have never attended a church before. Either way, we trust that this site will give you a feel for who we are; a warm and welcoming community of God’s people.
Promoting the worship of God and building a congregation of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Every day we ask so many questions but when do we get the chance to ask and talk about the bigger questions?
We believe that everyone should have the chance to ask questions and share their point of view. That is why Greenwell Street will be running the Alpha Course in January 2020.
The group will run for 6 weeks and will commence again after Christmas
'Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.''
1 Corinthians 14:12
'Since you are eager to have spiritual
gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the
church.''
1 Corinthians 14:12
It may seem strange thing to say, but it is possible to want to be 'spiritual' for 'unspiritual' reasons. The apostle here is dealing with the place of tongues and prophecy in the church. Remember he was writing before the completion of the canon of scripture and so the Lord still spoke to his people in that manner. These things, Paul has already reminded us, would in due course cease (14:8-10). But in the church at Corinth there was great confusion. Paul must continually remind them that these things are to be under control, whereas it seems to have been something of a free-forall, each probably seeking to outdo the other. Paul realises that the members of the church were no longer concerned about the welfare of the church but of their own reputation in the eyes of others.
Gifts, of all sorts, were given to the church for the benefit of the church. It is possible to want a gift for the wrong reasons. Gifts were given for service, and, like the steward of whom Jesus speaks, no doubt if not used properly, could be taken away. Selfishness has no place in the service of God. Our example is that of Jesus who “being in very nature God . . . made himself nothing, and taking the very nature of a servant, . . he humbled himself.” (Phil.2:6-8)
