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Gifts 1
1 Cor 12:1
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.”
We may not discover our gifts just through this one lesson.
- But we are going to have an overview so that one year from now, they may
become clear to us.
When you were born physically, you were born with the 5 senses: smell, taste, touch,
sight, and hearing.
- It is only when you mature a little older that you realise you have them.
- This is the same with our discovering of our spiritual gifts.
Why not? Because if you have all the gifts, you won’t need anybody else!
- God wants us to work together as one body.
The spiritual gifts are just like muscles…the more you exercise your
muscles, the stronger they get.
9. It’s a sin to WASTE the gifts God gave me. (1 Cor 4:1-2, Mt 25:14-30)
10. Using my gifts GLORIFY God and helps me to GROW. (Jn 15:8)
I am sure some of you heard of Christian groups that turned into cults.
When you use your gifts, there will be maturity and stability.
Just because you are good in the sales line =X=> you will automatically be
a good evangelist!
2. Don’t confuse gifts with the FRUIT of the Spirit. (Gal 5:22-23)
The person can have a spiritual gift and yet, be very immature.
- The moment you are saved, God gives you a gift.
- But you still need to grow a lot more before you can use that gift
properly.
This is expecting others to serve the way you do, and with similar results!
For example,
• People with the gift of mercy tend to expect everyone to have the
same kind of compassion they have for others.
• People with the gift of prophecy tend to expect everybody else to be
as confrontation as they are toward sin.
• People with the gift of administration often lose patience with
people who are disorganized!
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They are not superior or inferior…they are just gifts from God!
1 Cor 12:1-3
“Though I speak with tongues of men and of angels…And though I have
the gift of prophecy…though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing…it profits me nothing.”
It is not by accident that the greatest chapter in the Bible on love (1 Cor
12) is sandwiched between the 2 greatest chapters on gifts (1 Cor 12 and
14)
Just because I am not gifted in mercy doesn’t mean that when I see
an elderly person falling down, I don’t help!
Just because I am not gifted in giving doesn’t mean that I should not
sacrifice generously to the church.
Get started!
1. STUDY.
2. TRIAL and ERROR.
Experiment with different areas of service until you find your niche.
3. ANALYZE.
5. TAKE TRAINING.
Be trained in the skills.
Just start serving and your gift(s) will soon become obvious to all!
Remember: All gifts are given to help the church fulfill its purposes.
- A Christian may have more than one gift.
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For simplicity, we have categorized the lists of spiritual gifts according to 3 categories.
- NOTE: The list of gifts below are not exhaustive…most Christian scholars cannot
even agree among themselves on just how many there are in the Bible!
As you read through this list, check off your initial impression concerning yourself.
Remember, you can have many gifts.
They are given to train and equip the members of the church for ministry.
- They help to take the congregation into spiritual maturity.
Others
Spiritual giftings are meant to meet the needs in the body of Christ:
1. TEACHING
The ability to educate God’s people by clearly explaining and applying the Bible
in a way that causes them to learn.
2. PROPHESYING (perceiver).
The ability to perceive and discern good and evil, character of people and groups
and what God is doing in the realm of the Spirit.
The ability to encourage people to live a life of faith and victory through
preaching, teaching or personal sharing.
The ability to clarify and communicate the purpose and direction (“vision”) of a
ministry in a way that attracts others to get involved. The ability to motivate
others by example to work together in accomplishing a ministry goal. The ability
to organize and manage people, resources, and time for effective ministry.
The ability to detect hurt and empathize with those who are suffering in the
church family. The ability to provide compassionate and cheerful support to
those experiencing distress crisis, or pain. The ability to help strangers feel
welcomed and accepted in the church family.
The ability to recognize unmet needs in the church family, and take the initiative
to provide practical assistance quickly, cheerfully, and without a need for
recognition.
7. GIVING.
The ability to generously contribute material resources and/or money beyond the
10% tithe so that the body may grow and be strengthened. The ability to earn
and manage money so that it may be given to support the ministry of others.
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In order for anyone to move in the Spiritual Gifts, there must be a manifested presence
of God. There are two types of the presence of God, the OMNIPRESENCE of God and
the MANIFESTED presence of God.
The work of God always reflects the nature of God. Hence, there are always
remarkable results, miracles, healing, deliverance, restorations and revivals
whenever God chooses to manifest Himself to His people.
2. Take AUTHORITY against all spiritual hindrances (Mk 11:22, Gen 1:26).
6. Have a CONSISTENT, CLOSE walk with God (Num 12:7, 8, Dan 6:10).
1. QUICKENING to pray in the Spirit, sing in the Spirit or make faith confession.
5. Strong urge to give HEARTFELT THANKS to God for things that you normally neglect to
appreciate Him.
6. REPENTFUL and RESTORED over hidden little sins, wrong attitudes and actions.
7. PHYSICAL SENSATION eg: tingling sensation, heat, thin haze, weight, weakness,
sweet aroma, trembling.
Word of Knowledge
Discerning of spirits
Gifts of healing
Workings of miracles
1. They are SUPERNATURAL. They are the Holy Spirit’s own manifestation (1 Cor 12:7).
The Holy Spirit distributes them to the individual as He wills. They are not latent
talents or trained abilities but endowments. They may manifest through anyone
regardless of background, experience or education.
3. They are meant for a COMMON GOOD , to profit and to edify one another, the body of
Christ (1 Cor 14:26).
A. Spiritual gifts are given to believers so that they may be operated in their lives. God
never meant Christians to be “collectors” of Spiritual gifts, but be faithful STEWARDS
who put Spiritual gifts into operation.
1. Word Of Wisdom
a. Means the release of a FRAGMENT OF WISDOM from the Holy Spirit to the believer.
How It Operates?
- Hear by FAITH when the Holy Spirit manifest Himself. The Spirit of God will “…
speak IN you” (Mt 10:20). It will come from within.
- “…it WILL BE given to you in that hour what you should speak”. You must expect a
word of wisdom will be given to you as you need it.
- “…I will give you a mouth and wisdom…” (Lk 21:15). At the point of time of
receiving a revelation, you must release it into effect. For no one has the right
nor ability to revert the purpose of God (Num 23:20).
2. Word Of Knowledge
e. To be released ORALLY.
f. Effectual.
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How It Operates?
- God is a God of knowledge, understanding and wisdom. You can expect Him to
impart to you a Word of wisdom after He has given you a word of knowledge.
ASK and you shall RECEIVE .
- When healing are ministered under the anointing, follow the principle of hearing
by faith the word of knowledge before releasing the healing anointing.
- Hear by FAITH.
a) Spontaneous divine ability to judge or DISTINGUISH the spiritual beings who are at
work behind a situation or problem.
b) Spiritual ENABLING for the believers to gaze into the spiritual realm (Acts 7:55,
56, 13:8-12).
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d) Examples: Cause of sickness (Mk 7:32-35, Mk 9:25, 26), lying (Acts 5:3, 2
Kings 5:26), Spirit (Acts 16:16-18), servant of satan (Acts 13:8-12, 2 Cor
11:13-15), demonic activity and works of the flesh (Acts 5:3), source of prophetic
inspiration (Mt 16:17, Mt 16:23, 1 Jn 4:2-3), discern angels (2 Kings 6:16-20,
Acts 27:23, 24, Mt 2:13), discern human spirit (Acts 14:9).
How it operates?
1. Natural OBSERVATION.
a. Some common manifestations of evil spirits are person’s eyeball rolled
backwards, cough convulsively and foam at the mouth, unnatural acrobatics like
spine arching back, rolling on the ground and roaring like an animal, lying stiff
on the ground and then spinning like a ceiling fan, standing and hoping
repeatedly with his head touching the ceiling, speaking with another voice,
fierce verbal denial of Jesus as the Lord and verbal demand of continual
possession of the person, prolonged weird, offensive and senses gestures,
unexpected foul small, contorted bodies, twisted faces, swearing, shaking,
choking and constant disrupting of the meeting.
2. Spiritual SIGNALS.
a. Thoughts or impressions from the Holy Spirit through a word of knowledge and
Word of wisdom.
e) Some Biblical examples (Judges 14:6, Dan 6:23, Lk 4:29-30, Acts 4:13).
How It Operates?
- Lock your heart in this impartation of the gift of faith and keep resisting the
unbelief that challenges you.
- AFFIRM Upon a seed of faith that you have received and let the level of faith build
up.
c. NURTURE it in prayer. Let your inner man be moved to the extent of GROANING in
the Spirit.
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d. Operate along with the other gifts (healing, miracles, discerning of spirit, prophecy).
a) Is a MULTIPLE manifestation gift of the Holy Spirit that release complete and
instantaneous healing, usually tangible and visible.
The double plural “gifts” and “healing” signifies many types and subdivision of
the gifts of healings. Some people in the healing are effective in praying for a
variety of sicknesses while others are more focused on one particular ailment or
kind of people.
b) Entrusted to the ENTIRE body of Christ, not just a few prominent ministers.
How it operates?
c) If necessary, the Holy Spirit also releases word of knowledge like some particular
sins, doubt, lack of word or inner hurt. Many physical sicknesses have also
psychosomatic roots. Both must be healed. However, it must be administered
with the confirmation of the word of wisdom.
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c) Sometime the Holy Spirit may impress you to minister SALVATION before healing.
b) Paul observed intently the cripple at Lystra and saw that he had faith to be
healed. He then said to him with a loud voice, “stand up straight on your feet”
(Acts 14:9).
a) The gift of faith and the gifts of healing are complementary gifts. Releasing the
gifts of healing should not be ritualistic. Wait upon the release of the gift of faith
so that you can minister the healing gifts with maximum affect.
c) Some may need reassurance, like people who have been responding to altar
calls but were not healed.
3. Working of Miracles
a) An IMPARTATION of the inherent power of the Holy Spirit to produce effects that
are beyond the limitation of natural laws for the purpose of confirming the
preaching of the word.
How It Operates?
a) Miracles are done in the Name of Jesus (Mt 7:22). Do not call upon the name of
Jesus ritualistically. Live lives and establish ministries that EXALT the name of
Jesus. There is the abiding condition of living a life that honors the name of
Jesus always.
a) The “fullness of God” fills and manifest through a believer according to the level of
“dynamics” received from the Holy Spirit (Eph 3:16, 19).
a) Supernatural UTTERANCE given to man by the Holy Spirit to speak forth the mind
and will of God to bring edification, exhortation and comfort to the believers.
How It Operates?
a) Prepare your HEART condition – must be clean, broken, contrite, compassion and
caring.
• When you prophesy don’t preach a sermon. Let the preaching be done by the
preacher and the one who prophesy, to prophesy.
• Don’t’ attack people, church or leaders with prophecies. Nor do you use
prophecy to promote those whom you like. Prophecy is a sacred gift.
• Don’t prophesy something that you already know very well. The key is to lock
onto the Holy Spirit and forget all you know about the person whom you are
ministering to and be in a neutral gear to move into prophecy.
• Never prophesy when you are hurt, bitter or have negative feelings in your
emotions. Emotion is a powerful force and prophecies will be tainted by your
emotions.
• Be very careful about adding the word, “Thus says the Lord.”
(Acts 27:10, 1Cor 7:10,12)
• Know that the Spirit of God will already be working on the person. Watch what
He is doing and then minister.
• As you survey the congregation, you will sense a “pull” to the person whom
God wants to minister to. You will feel drawn to certain people at certain times.
• Bring that person to the Lord in prayer – play the role of an intercessor.
• Do not be moved by the natural, but tune in to the HOLY SPIRIT. Learn to put
prejudice aside.
• Put your mind and emotion under subjection to your human spirit, and your
human spirit subject to the Holy Spirit.
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• Jesus only speak what the Father tells and only does the things the Father do.
• If you speak for the Word of God at the wrong timing, it will be wasted.
• God can give the word a year or a month ahead of time but that does not mean
that it is time to release the word.
• The Word given in the right timing of God becomes a real blessing.
• Example of Nathan being sent by God only after David’s child was born. God
used that time to deal with David’s heart. If Nathan had released the word
earlier David may not have repented.
• What you speak is dependent upon your input. Your BELIEF and DOCTRINE can
affect your prophecy. What you read, your personality, background, education, past
experiences can influence and affect your prophecy.
eg: If you don’t believe in healing and the Lord gives you a word on healing,
you may not release that prophetic word because you don’t believe in
the doctrine of healing.
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a. It is SPEAKING the utterances that is given by the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4).
c. They are prayer of the human spirit, unfruitful to the mind (1 Cor 14:4), but as a
higher form of prayer which also builds faith and love (Jude 20) and Spiritual
COMMUNION with God (1 Cor 14:2, Acts 10:46).
d. How to receive?
i. Help believer to understand that the Holy Spirit is PROMISED to all believers
(Acts 2) and that person to receive God’s free gift.
ii. Explain that anyone also is saved is READY to immediately receive the Holy
Spirit.
iii. Having the person to RENOUNCE all idolatry and known sins will help to
prepare him to receive.
iv. The gift is received by FAITH and can be ministered through laying of hands.
v. Tell the candidate what to expect as he receive the Holy Spirit, that the Holy
Spirit will move upon his vocal organs and put supernatural words on his lips
but he will have to speak out himself in COOPERATION with the Holy Spirit.
vi. Allay any FEARS or wrong understanding of receiving the “wrong/ false Spirit”.
vii. Tell the candidate to open his own MOUTH and be ready to use his own
mouth and VOCAL CHORDS, for the Holy Spirit will give the utterance, but he
must YIELD and give voice to that utterance.
viii. Keep candidate from being DISTRACTED. Don’t permit a crowd to gather
around him/ her to give instructions all at once and cause confusion.
Continue to ENCOURAGE candidate to yield if he is a little show in yielding.
Continue to speak in tongues yourself after praying with the candidate.
3. Interpretation of Tongues
b. Requires the person to use his mouth, lips, tongue and vocal chords too.
e. If done in a public manner, must be done in GOOD ORDER, and not lead to
confusion.
Conclusion
In order to move in the Spiritual Gifts move effectively, we need to revere the GIVER of
the Gifts, stay OPEN to His Spirit and to the move of God as we WALK meekly, honorably
and reverently before the Lord.
Contents
A. How To Ascend
B. Common Subject Experiences
C. The 9 Gifts
D. Characteristics Of The Gifts