As we approach what many deem to be one of the most important parts of human history - Pentecost - we should look at the gifts that God has made available to us.
Here is the most clear breakdown I have ever been able to see to give a great over view of 1 Corinthians 12 and how WE are to approach God's great gifts given to us by His precious Holy Spirit:
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (1 Cor. 12)
COMMUNICATION GIFTS:
-Prophecy - a divine utterance of the Holy Spirit to encourage, edify or comfort people.
-Tongues - the gift of speaking supernaturally in a language not known to the individual.
-Interpretation of tongues - an interpretation of a message that is given in tongues.
KNOWLEDGE GIFTS:
- Word of wisdom - wisdom to know what to do or how to do it, either for your life or someone else’s.
- Word of knowledge - knowledge of an event or other information in someone’s life (past or present) that you were not aware of in the natural.
- Discerning of spirits - to discern the spirit world, to tell whether something is divine (God or angels), human (natural origin) or demonic (Satan or demons).
POWER GIFTS:
- Faith - a unique form of faith (not the faith that saves you) that supernaturally trusts and does not doubt concerning specific matters – to believe God for the impossible.
- Gifts of healing - the healings God performs supernaturally. i.e. a broken arm.
-The working of miracles - the manifestation of power beyond the ordinary course of natural law. This is where something that could never have been done naturally occurs.
Make yourself aware that God DOES and WILL use you in these gifts as he has placed them in you already. Find what that is and ask God to awaken your curiosity for more of HIM!
-Pastor Tony Cruz
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