THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
With the many denominations today in the christian world and views vary from denomination to denomination, but the views on the gifts of the Holy Spirit are almost the same. Gifts from the Holy Spirit are a grand gift God sends our way. It is up to us to use them, and using them makes our Lord Christ happy and draws him closer to us.
With the many denominations today in the christian world and views vary from denomination to denomination, but the views on the gifts of the Holy Spirit are almost the same. Gifts from the Holy Spirit are a grand gift God sends our way. It is up to us to use them, and using them makes our Lord Christ happy and draws him closer to us.
In the book of Romans 12:6-8 lists these as gifts from the Spirit:
- Prophecy Prophecy is "reporting something that God spontaneously brings to your mind". Christians can possess the gift of prophecy without holding the prophetic office
- Serving The word translated as "ministry" is diakonia, which can also be translated "service Since there are many types of ministries and service to the Church, this then describes a broad array of gifts rather than a single gift.
- Teaching Someone who devotes his or her life to preaching and teaching the Christian faith. When teaching is provided for the Church by God, two gifts are actually given—to the Church is given a teacher and along with the teacher comes a divine capacity to teach
- Exhortation The ability to motivate Christians "to patient endurance, brotherly love, and good works
- Giving Those with this gift share their own possessions with others with extraordinary generosity. While all Christians should be givers, those possessing this gift will go beyond this normal giving.
- Leadership This gift speaks to the various leadership roles found in the Church. While many think of roles such as administration, management of funds, strategy planning, etc. as functions outside of the supernatural realm, in reality individuals in these positions are just as in need of supernatural empowerment as are ministers of the gospel. Some writers consider the gifts of governments and leading to be the same gift, but others consider them closely related yet different
- Mercy Possibly identical to the gift of helps, the mercy-shower possesses a ministry of visitation, prayer, and compassion to the poor and sick.
1 Corinthians 12:8-10 list of gift from the Holy Spirit
- Word of wisdom An utterance or message of wisdom supernaturally granted to an individual. For Paul, wisdom refers to "the knowledge of the great Christian mysteries: the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the indwelling in the believer of the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 2; Ephesians 1:17)
- Word of knowledge The knowledge referred to is often said to relate to understanding Christian doctrine or scriptural truth It is sometimes said to be connected with the ministry of teachers
- Faith This refers to that strong or special faith "which removes mountains, casts out devils Matthew 17:19,20), and faces the most cruel martyrdom without flinching". It is distinguished from the "saving" and "normal" Christian faith
- Gifts of healing The ability to supernaturally minister healing to others. The plural indicates the variety of sickness healed and the many forms the gift takes
- Miracles The performance of deeds beyond ordinary human ability by the power of the Holy Spirit
- Prophecy same as above
- Distinguishing between spirits the capacity to discern, distinguish, or to discriminate the source of a spiritual manifestation—whether it emanates from a good or evil spirit. It seemed to have been particularly associated with prophecy as it would be necessary to know whether a prophetic utterance was truly inspired by God
- Tongues The supernatural ability of speaking an unlearned language Paul seems to have distinguished between the public use of the gift (which must always be interpreted) and the private use which was for the spiritual strengthening of oneself. Currently among Christians there is a dispute as to whether tongues were/are always speaking an unlearned human language or whether it also included/includes speaking an unlearned and allegedly non-human language of heavenly or angelic origin
- Interpretation of tongues This gift always follows the public exercise of the gift of tongues In 1 Corinthians 14, the Apostle Paul required that all speech in Christian worship should be intelligible. This required that speech given in an unknown tongue be interpreted in the common language of the gathered Christians
- Here is a few more gifts of the Holy Spirit:
- Wisdom
- Understanding
- Counsel
- Knowledge
- Fear of the Lord
- Compassion