Outline of the Spiritual Gifts… Scripture taken from NKJV
These “Gifts” come from the Lord to His Child.
The gifts are to be used for Kingdom purposes.
These are not natural phenomena. One does not come by them
except as given by the Spirit of God and are distinct from natural
talents or abilities.
One does not qualify for Spiritual gifts. They are disseminated
by the Holy Spirit through the process of Election, God’s choice.
The gifts are considered to be Spiritual gifts, therefore, the first
of these gifts and basis for all gifts (In my view) is the gift of the
Holy Spirit. For, without that gift we have no others.
Luke 11: 13, If you then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask Him. (Faith)
In Ephesians 2: 8, we read; For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
(This gift, like the others, is not to one who works, but to the one
who believes, or has his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord. The difference in this gift is; it is secure in the hand of
God and is eternal. One may lose other Spiritual gifts through
disuse, misuse or sin in the life. Although one does not lose the
gift of the Holy Spirit, we may quench the Spirit, lose the power
associated with the Spirit in one's life and one may fail to obey
Spirit leading. These failures, as to Spirit blessing, leads to ill-
ness or even early death of the one who lives his life in disobe-
dience to our Lord. (There are differing views on this subject
among various sects or denominations of the Church, as well
within a local assembly. No one is perfect in belief or practice.)
There are many and varied gifts given to men through the Holy
Spirit according to the will of God the Father. Along side the
gift of the Spirit is the gift of Prophecy. That is the foretelling
of future events on God's calendar and/or the telling forth of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Preaching of the Word of God)
Romans 12: Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, let us use them: If prophecy,
let us prophesy in proportion to our faith. (6)
or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he
who teaches in teaching; (7 ) he who exhorts, in
exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he
who leads, with diligence, he who shows mercy,
with cheerfulness. (8)
1 Corinthians 12: There are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit...
This passage continues to list more of the varied gifts as:
"the Word of Wisdom"
"the Word of Knowledge" (8)
"Faith"
"Gifts of healing" (9)
"Working of Miracles"
"Prophecy"
"Discerning of spirits"
"Different kinds of Tongues"
"Interpretation of Tongues" (10)
"But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing
to each one individually as He wills." (11)
Below, we find the emphasized spiritual gifts to be prophecy,
the building of the church and excellence.
In 1 Corinthians 14: 1, "Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts,
but especially that you may prophesy.
12, "Even so you, since you are zealous for
spiritual gifts, let it be for the edifica-
tion of the church that you seek to
excel.
In 1 Timothy 4: 14-15. "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. Meditate on these things;
give yourself entirely to them, that
your progress my be evident to all.
James 1: 17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation or shadow of turning.
As we close, there is a word to the wise to be inserted here. Our Lord
was kind, considerate, humble and never self promoting. We must
always display that same humble Spirit as we serve Him in His name
and in the power and wisdom of His Spirit. There are none among us
who is able to point a self-righteous finger at others among us, since
we are flawed, every one, and are just sinners saved by the grace of
God in Christ Jesus.
There was one place in Scripture where Jesus displayed anger; that
was in His Father's House, the Temple, as he discovered money chan-
gers and others selling animals, taking advantage of the worshipers.
He drove them out with a whip He made from cords. Jesus Christ had
a deep respect for his Father and His house of worship. Desecration
of that temple was one of the few things that raised His indignation to
the point of demonstration...Reflect on that...
Our gift(s) may be small and little known outside our immediate circle.
Each of us must search out, seek and discover (a) Spiritual gift(s) in
order to become the person our Lord intends us to be and accom-
plish the Divine mandate placed on our lives by our Lord. At the age
of 74 years, in my case, it seems there has been opened a new window
of grace as though the Lord God who created it all is giving a mission,
never before expected.... Praise His Holy Name!!!
The context in which one develops and makes use of these gifts from
our Lord is to be within a community of believers in Christ Jesus, or
"The Church of Jesus Christ." See the link below:
http://biblicalclarity-don.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-call-and-gift.html
Definition: Prophecy: Inspired declaration of Divine will and
purpose Concerning things to come.
Prophesy: To utter future events by Divine inspiration.
These utterances have to do with God's Kingdom.
donporter 1.18.14; Thanks for looking... edited 4.08.14 &, 8.22.14
These “Gifts” come from the Lord to His Child.
The gifts are to be used for Kingdom purposes.
These are not natural phenomena. One does not come by them
except as given by the Spirit of God and are distinct from natural
talents or abilities.
One does not qualify for Spiritual gifts. They are disseminated
by the Holy Spirit through the process of Election, God’s choice.
The gifts are considered to be Spiritual gifts, therefore, the first
of these gifts and basis for all gifts (In my view) is the gift of the
Holy Spirit. For, without that gift we have no others.
Luke 11: 13, If you then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask Him. (Faith)
In Ephesians 2: 8, we read; For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
(This gift, like the others, is not to one who works, but to the one
who believes, or has his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord. The difference in this gift is; it is secure in the hand of
God and is eternal. One may lose other Spiritual gifts through
disuse, misuse or sin in the life. Although one does not lose the
gift of the Holy Spirit, we may quench the Spirit, lose the power
associated with the Spirit in one's life and one may fail to obey
Spirit leading. These failures, as to Spirit blessing, leads to ill-
ness or even early death of the one who lives his life in disobe-
dience to our Lord. (There are differing views on this subject
among various sects or denominations of the Church, as well
within a local assembly. No one is perfect in belief or practice.)
There are many and varied gifts given to men through the Holy
Spirit according to the will of God the Father. Along side the
gift of the Spirit is the gift of Prophecy. That is the foretelling
of future events on God's calendar and/or the telling forth of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Preaching of the Word of God)
Romans 12: Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, let us use them: If prophecy,
let us prophesy in proportion to our faith. (6)
or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he
who teaches in teaching; (7 ) he who exhorts, in
exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he
who leads, with diligence, he who shows mercy,
with cheerfulness. (8)
1 Corinthians 12: There are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit...
This passage continues to list more of the varied gifts as:
"the Word of Wisdom"
"the Word of Knowledge" (8)
"Faith"
"Gifts of healing" (9)
"Working of Miracles"
"Prophecy"
"Discerning of spirits"
"Different kinds of Tongues"
"Interpretation of Tongues" (10)
"But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing
to each one individually as He wills." (11)
Below, we find the emphasized spiritual gifts to be prophecy,
the building of the church and excellence.
In 1 Corinthians 14: 1, "Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts,
but especially that you may prophesy.
12, "Even so you, since you are zealous for
spiritual gifts, let it be for the edifica-
tion of the church that you seek to
excel.
In 1 Timothy 4: 14-15. "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. Meditate on these things;
give yourself entirely to them, that
your progress my be evident to all.
James 1: 17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation or shadow of turning.
As we close, there is a word to the wise to be inserted here. Our Lord
was kind, considerate, humble and never self promoting. We must
always display that same humble Spirit as we serve Him in His name
and in the power and wisdom of His Spirit. There are none among us
who is able to point a self-righteous finger at others among us, since
we are flawed, every one, and are just sinners saved by the grace of
God in Christ Jesus.
There was one place in Scripture where Jesus displayed anger; that
was in His Father's House, the Temple, as he discovered money chan-
gers and others selling animals, taking advantage of the worshipers.
He drove them out with a whip He made from cords. Jesus Christ had
a deep respect for his Father and His house of worship. Desecration
of that temple was one of the few things that raised His indignation to
the point of demonstration...Reflect on that...
Our gift(s) may be small and little known outside our immediate circle.
Each of us must search out, seek and discover (a) Spiritual gift(s) in
order to become the person our Lord intends us to be and accom-
plish the Divine mandate placed on our lives by our Lord. At the age
of 74 years, in my case, it seems there has been opened a new window
of grace as though the Lord God who created it all is giving a mission,
never before expected.... Praise His Holy Name!!!
The context in which one develops and makes use of these gifts from
our Lord is to be within a community of believers in Christ Jesus, or
"The Church of Jesus Christ." See the link below:
http://biblicalclarity-don.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-call-and-gift.html
Definition: Prophecy: Inspired declaration of Divine will and
purpose Concerning things to come.
Prophesy: To utter future events by Divine inspiration.
These utterances have to do with God's Kingdom.
donporter 1.18.14; Thanks for looking... edited 4.08.14 &, 8.22.14
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