24 June 2024
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
●You are, in fact , “saved to serve “
●To serve in the Kingdom of God, the Holy Spirit has provided you “Gifts “
●You cannot serve without these gifts.
●The Greek word charisma means “favor” or “gift.” It comes from the verb charizesthai (“to favor”), which in turn comes from the noun charis , meaning “grace.”
●All the Gifts of the Holy Spirit are derived from the Grace of God.
●The real purpose of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit is to confirm the Word of God.
● Mark 16:17-20 Says
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues ; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs .
●John 14:12 also speaks about the purpose of the gifts 🎁
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
●A Gift (charisma) is described as a special qualification granted
by the spirit to every beliver ,to empower him to serve within the framework of the Body of Christ.
●It is an extraordinary endowment bestowed by the Holy Spirit, sovereignly, and undeservingly on believers as instruments for Christian service and church edification.
●A more simple definition is :
A gift is a spirit given ability for Christian services.
●What is the source of the gifts 🎁- the source is a special grace of the Holy Spirit .
●Nature of the Gifts is spiritual ability, endowment, power
●Purpose of the Gifts
For service or ministry to edify saints.
●1 Corinthians 14:1 says
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts ,but especially that you may prophesy
● Desiring the spiritual gifts is the foundation to having those gifts operate in your life.
●There are innumerable gifts of the Spirit mentioned in the Word of God.
●Now, how can we verify this claim?
●2 Corinthians 12:12 Says
Truly, the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.
●Note that here plural of the three terms mentioned are used:
Sign s,wonder s,mighty deed s.
●The use of plural points to the fact that there are
innumerable gifts of the Holy Spirit.
●We are all born equal, but each one has different gifts.
●Some say there are 7 gifts others say there are 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit, there are those who say that there are 15 to 22 ,yet there are others who say that there are so many
●I personally believe that there are innumerable gifts 🎁 of the Spirit.
●1 Corinthians 12:4 says
says:
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
●1 Corinthians 12:8-10 says
for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
●Romans 12:6-8 :
“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; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”
●Ephesians 4:11 says
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
●Isaiah 11 speaks about the qualities of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,The Spirit of counsel and might,The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord.
●1 Corinthians 14:13 says
Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
●So this verse basically says that if you have one gift ,then pray for the next!
●This is infact a spiritual principle
●1 Corinthians 12:8 -10
●This verse speaks of the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit
●You Infact can receive all these gifts
●If you develop a spiritual desire ,you can definitely receive all these gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The 9 Giftscan be divided into 3 groups as in 1 Corinthians12:8 -10:
1.Group1 : Revelation gifts ,which consists of :
●1. Word of Wisdom
●2. Word of Knowledge
●3. Discernment of Spirit This group consists of Gifts that reveal something
- Group 2 : Power Gifts, which consists of :
●1. Gift of Faith.
●2. Gift of Miracles
●3. Gift of Healings
This group consists of Gifts that do something
3 . Group 3 : utterance gifts or speaking gifts,which consists of :
● Prophesy
● Diverse Tounges
● Interpretation of tongues
1 Corinthians 12:1 reads
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.
●So one has to understand, and learn to use these gifts for the benefit of the Church.
God bless