The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit
Summary
on the Gifts of The Spirit
Paul had all 9 gifts of The Spirit.
He had the gift of word of wisdom (see II Peter 3:15).
Paul through The Holy Spirit, looked straight at
Elymas and said to him:
"You are a child of
the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds
of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of The
Lord? Now the hand of The Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and
for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun."
Acts 13:10-11 NIV
He said this by the application of “word of
knowledge”.
In Acts 16:16-18 Paul applied the gift of discerning
of spirits.
He had the gift of tongues (see I Cor.14:18).
And of interpretation of tongues (see I Cor.14:13).
He had the gift of prophecy (I Cor.14:6).
He had the gift of faith (see I Cor.13:2).
He had the gift of healing (see Acts 14:8-10).
And as Paul preached in Greece, the Scriptures tell
us,
"...there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the
window, sinking into a deep sleep;
and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell
down from the third floor and was picked up dead.
But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him,
he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." When he had
gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long
while until daybreak, and then left.
They took away the boy
alive, and were greatly comforted."
Acts 20:9-12 NASU
That’s the gift of miracles.
All these [gifts, achievements, and abilities] are inspired
and brought to pass by One and the Same Holy Spirit, Who apportions to each
person individually exactly as He chooses. All the gifts are of One Author—The
Holy Spirit.
He is The Giver of the gifts. He bestows His
spiritual gifts to anyone He desires.
Just as there are original spiritual gifts, so there
are counterfeits.
If we have not matured in our knowledge and use of
true gifts, we will be found tragically unprepared for the confrontations of
these last days.
How is the Church edified?
By the greater gifts— Revelation, Word of Knowledge,
Prophecy and Word of Wisdom from The LORD.
Apostle Paul said, “…eagerly desire the greater
gifts (1 Cor. 12:31 NIV).
To one there is given through The Spirit the message of Wisdom,
to another the message of Knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another
faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to
another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing
between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to
still another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 NIV
There are
differences of administrations, offices, and officers to discharge them;
different ordinances and institutions (see vv. 28-30), but the same Lord, who
appointed all, (v. 6). There are diversities of operations, or miraculous
powers (v. 10), but it is the same God that works all in all.
There are various gifts, administrations, and operations,
but all proceed from one GOD, one LORD, one SPIRIT; that is, from The Father, The
Son, and The Holy Ghost, ‘the Spring’ and ‘Origin’ of all spiritual blessings
and bequests: all issue from The Same Fountain; all have The Same Author.
Some are given the knowledge of the mysteries of the
Gospel, and ability to explain them, an exact understanding of the design and nature
of the Christian faith.
Some others are given the skill and readiness to
give advice and counsel in perplexed cases. To another faith, by The Same
Spirit; that is, the faith of miracles, faith in the divine Power and Promise,
whereby they were enabled to trust God in any emergency, and go on in the way
of their duty, and own and profess the truths of Christ, whatever was the
difficulty or danger.
To another the gift of healing, by The Holy Spirit;
that is, healing the sick, either by laying on of hands, or anointing with oil,
or by The Word.
To another the working of miracles; the efficacies
of the divine Power, such as raising the dead, restoring the blind to sight, giving
speech to the dumb, hearing to the deaf, and restoration of limbs to the lame.
Some prophets in the Bible received revelation
primarily through visions, others through dreams, others by The Word of The
Lord, others by discerning His Purposes in current events, others through the
Scriptures, and yet others in trances. Some were caught up into Heaven so that
they were not just seeing a vision—they were actually there. Some received
revelations from angels and others directly from The Lord. He may speak to us
one way now and the next time speak to us in an entirely different manner. He
does not do this to confuse us, but to keep us seeking Him and dependent on
Him.