“So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. The Bible says to desire the best gifts, and the best gift is the one you need at the time. Some may sound more important than others, but that is not true. This is how you’ll identify which one you are motivated by.Īll these gifts are wonderful and have a place. If you look at the things you do, examine the why behind them. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith if it is serving, then serve if it is teaching, then teach if it is to encourage, then give encouragement if it is giving, then give generously if it is to lead, do it diligently if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.” ( Romans 12:6-8, emphasis added) “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. It’s a filter we’re given for our perspective shaping how we relate to and serve others. The motivational gifts are how the Spirit of Grace moves through us motivating our words and actions. These manifestation gifts are how God works through us bringing joy and fruitfulness in every one of our lives. Let the Holy Spirit minister to you also. The Spirit can give you a message of wisdom when you ask for one in your life just as easily as He can give one to you to deliver to someone else. It’s commonly thought these gifts are only to minister to others but that’s limiting the grace of God. This supernatural demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s power is to serve others as well as minister to ourselves. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.” ( 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, emphasis added) To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to others gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to others 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. “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. In 1 Corinthians 12:7, it says God gives to each of us, not just some. Manifestation gifts are the ones people tend to sensationalize and therefore disqualify themselves from enjoying. “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” ( Ephesians 4:11-13, emphasis added) The Bible provides a list of these ministering gifts and their purpose. “And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.” ( 1 Corinthians 12:5 KJV) To administer is to apply and bring into use. It’s how we minister or ad-minister the love, grace, and truth of God to others. The ministry gifts are the way God works with what believers do to serve others and meet their needs. All believers take part in these gifts in various ways. There are ministry gifts, manifestation gifts, and motivational gifts. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.” ( 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 NIV) There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. These gifts are not something we possess they are God’s supernatural ability showing up in our lives in various ways. There are three kinds of spiritual gifts. “Christ has generously divided out his gifts to us.” ( Ephesians 4:7 CEV) Just as the gift of salvation is by grace through faith, so are the spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts are something every believer is given when they receive the gift of salvation.
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