Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

spiritual gifts as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 9.

And now with today's study, here's chuck to another faith now we are told to

every man is given a measure of faith that faith by which I believed in Jesus Christ was a gift of

God for by grace are we saved through faith, and that not of ourselves.

It is a gift of God.

The faith to believe in Jesus Christ was given to me by God.

When Peter was going with John into the temple, and the man was seeking alms,

and Peter said, silver and gold I don't have, but what I have I'll be glad to give to you.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand to your feet and walk, and he took the man,

lifted him to his feet. That was an act of faith on Peter's part, lifting a lame man to his feet.

And immediately he received strength. And he began to run and leap and praise God. And then as he made his circuit through the temple, people said, isn't that the lame man who's been out there for

so many years? Yeah, it sure looks like. What's he doing running? I don't know. Let's find out. And so as he

came back out to Solomon's

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