Gifts for Every Believer

By Pastor Jeffrey Smith 

 

Do you like to receive gifts? 

 

We read in 1 Corinthians 12 about the spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit to believers for the common good of all.

 

Paul writes here that there are different gifts, but it is the same Spirit that distributes them; there are different kinds of service, but the same Lord; and then there are different kinds of workings, but the same God who empowers them in everyone. 

 

The gifts from the Holy Spirit are given to believers, but they also must be received if they are to be used. These gifts are the most wonderful gifts because they bless our own lives and the lives of others, and they always point to Jesus. 

 

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 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 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. 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

 

These different kinds of gifts are explained as nine manifestation gifts. They are for everyday believers to be used at anytime. They were not just given to the apostles for a specific time period, but rather the gifts are still alive and well today in the lives of believers.

 

These different kinds of gifts are for us. Next week, we will define what each of these gifts are and how they are used in the life of a believer. 

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