What about Spiritual Gifts

What about Spiritual Gifts?

What are Spiritual Gifts? What does having a Spiritual Gift mean? Do we have them? Thoughts?

Pneumatikōn = Spirituals , Charismata= Grace/Gifts (Grace Gifted)

Spiritual Gifts are God-given, Spirit-energized skills, abilities,

and talents through which God chooses to channel divine love, mercy and power into the lives of other people resulting in edification for the body of Christ and the glory of God.

In Summary

• Each believer has a unique gift
• Given and determined by the Holy Spirit
• In harmony with God given Skills, Abilities and Talents
• For the good of the body and glory of God
• Usually a speaking or a serving type

Does every believer have a gift?

Who gives out the gifts?

What is the purpose of Spiritual Gifts? thoughts?

• For the Common Good - 1 Cor 12:7
• For the benefit of the Church - 1 Cor 14:12
• Serving Others - 1 Peter 4:10-11

Spiritual Gifts - Are all Gifts Given Always

• Some Gifts appear to be Foundational

• Miracles - 2 Corinthians 12:12

• God seems to use miracles to punctuate history 1 Peter 4:10

• Paul indicates to us that the gifts which would fall more into the
  signs and wonders categories where for Apostles

• Apostles like the OT are foundational to todays church

Healing

• Peter had this gift
• Not really spoken about in the later books

What about tongues?

• Hearing. The undo of Babel

• Stamp of approval of God's message.

• Revelatory Gifts: Any Aspects For Today?

• Prophecy: “Forth telling” We Preach

• Utterance Of Wisdom: “Application of truth”

• Utterance of Knowledge: “Scholarship”

• No New Revelation Needed