JIM VANDERMAAS

Hi. my name is jim. I am from Canada. What intrigues me about Romans is that Paul says something in Ro.1:11 "For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established." Paul says to Timothy 1Tim.4:14 "Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership." In mentioning the 5 fold ministry, Paul says that this is given (Eph.4:12) "for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." We are to be equipped with something supernatural. Understanding Ro.1:11 makes a difference when reading the rest of Romans. We are not left to our own devices!