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Gifts from Godrest, and most of the brothers inthe Lord, feeling confidence byreason of my prison bonds, aremore than outdoing themselvesin courage to speak the word ofGod fearlessly ."Also : Matt . 5 :1, 2 ; Mark 4 :1 ;Matt. 26 :6-13 ; Luke 10 :38-42 ;19 :2-8 ; Acts 8 :26-40 .The Christian Congregation TodayIs Mature ; AccomplishesWork Through More ExcellentWay of Love1 Cor. 12 :31 ; 13 :13 "Keep strivingafter the greater gifts . Andyet I show you a surpassing way .""Now, however, there remainfaith, hope, love, these three, butthe greatest of these is love."Heb. 6 :1-3 "For this reason,now that we have left theelementary doctrine about theChrist, let us press on to maturity,not laying a foundation again,namely, repentance from deadworks, and faith toward God, theteaching on baptisms and thelaying on of the hands, the resurrectionof the dead and everlastingjudgment . And this wewill do, if God indeed permits."Acts 1 :8 "You will receive powerwhen the holy spirit arrivesupon you, and you will be witnessesof me both in Jerusalemand in all Judea and Samariaand to the most distant part ofthe earth ."Matt. 24 :14 "This good news ofthe kingdom will be preached inall the inhabited earth for thepurpose of a witness to all thenations, and then the accomplishedend will come ."Rev. 14:6, 7 "I saw another angelflying in midheaven, and hehad everlasting good news to declareas glad tidings to those whodwell on the earth, and to everynation and tribe and tongue andpeople, saying in a loud voice :`Fear God and give him glory,because the hour of the judgmentby him has arrived .'"2 Ki 2 :9 "Elijah said untoElisha, Ask what I shall do for140thee, before I am taken from thee .And Elisha said, I pray thee, leta double portion of thy spirit beupon me ."Rev. 11 :3, 7, 11 "I will causemy two witnesses to prophesy . . .the wild beast . . . will . . . killthem . And after the three anda half days spirit of life from Godentered into them, and they stoodupon their feet, and great fearfell upon those beholding them ."Other Gifts Within Reach of AllToday if CultivatedMinistry2 Cor . 3 :5, 6 ; 4 :1 "Our beingadequately qualified issues fromGod, who has indeed adequatelyqualified us to be ministers of anew covenant, not of a writtencode, but of spirit ; . . . That iswhy, since we have this ministryaccording to the mercy that wasshown us, we do not behave improperly."Rom. 11 :13 "I glorify my ministry."2 Tim . 4 :11 "Take Mark andbring him with you, for he isuseful to me for ministering ."Prophecy1 Cor . 14 :1-5 "Pursue love, yetkeep striving after the spiritualgifts, but preferably that you mayprophesy . . . . he that prophesiesupbuilds and encourages and consolesmen by his speech . . . . hethat prophesies upbuilds a congregation. . . . I prefer that youprophesy . Indeed, he that prophesiesis greater than he thatspeaks in tongues ."Public speakingActs 18 :4, 24 "He would givea talk in the synagogue everysabbath and would win over Jewsand Greeks . Now a certain Jewnamed Apollos, a native of Alexandria,an eloquent man, arrivedin Ephesus, and he was wellversed in the Scriptures ."Acts 19 :9, 10 "He . . . separatedthe disciples from them, daily givingtalks in the school auditorium