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INSTE I:2 FYM Week 3
The Church and Spiritual Gifts
Question | Answer |
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1 Peter 4:10 | Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. |
5 Principles Related to the Gifts (1,2,3 of 5) | 1. Everyone has gifts and must use them; 2. Each church has a unique mixture of spiritual gifts according to the sovereign will of the Spirit; 3. The purpose of the operation of the gifts is that God may be glorified; |
5 Principles Related to the Gifts (4,5 of 5) | 4. It is essential for the manifestation of the gifs that biblical relationships in the Body of Christ be developed; 5. The Holy Spirit is not limited to a few gifts. |
4 Major passages about Spiritual Gifts | 1. 1 Corinthians 12-14 2. Romans 12:1-8 3. Ephesians 4:1-16 4. 1 Peter 4:7-11 |
Spiritual Gift: | The ability given by the Holy Spirit to each believer to use in service (ministry) to the Body of Christ for the purpose of producing growth - both numerical and spiritual - of the organism called the Church. |
11 Spiritual Gifts related to spiritual growth: | 1. Prophecy 2. Teaching 3. Pastor 4. Wisdom 5. Knowledge 6. Exhortation 7. Tongues 8. Interpretation of Tongues 9. Discernment 10. Faith 11. Giving 11. |
5 Spiritual Gifts related to numerical growth | 1. Apostleship 2. Evangelism 3. Miracles 4. Mercy 5. Healings |
2 Spiritual Gifts related to organic growth | 1. Administration 2. Helps |
Prophecy | Receive and communicate an immediate message from God to His people by way of declaration that is divinely annointed |
Teaching | Communicate significant information for the well-being and the ministry of the Body in such a way that others learn. |
Pastor | Assume personal responsiblity for a group of believers for their spiritual well-being over a long period of time. |
Wisdom | Know the intentions of the Holy Spirit in such a way that one receives from Him the ability to aply knowledge to the specific needs that arise in the Body of Christ |
Knowledge | Supernaturally receive information and ideas that cannot be known in any other way. |
Exhortation | Minister words of comfort, consolation, encouragement and counsel to other members of the Body in such a way that they feel they have been helped and comforted |
Tongues | Praise God in a tongue that one never learned, to guide the people of God in worship and praise |
Interpretation of Tongues | Make known in the vernacular language the meaning of that which is spoken in tongues |
Discernment | Know for sure whether certain behavior or conduct (or teaching) that claims to come from God is really diving, or if it is satanic or carnal. |
Faith | Recognize in a given situation the purposes of God and to trust Him until something happens |
Giving | Contribute liberally and joyfully on one's material resources for the work of God and for others who are in need. |
Fundamental purpose of gifts from the Holy Spirit | Do everything for edification |
Talents | God accepts and honors all talents offered to Him for His services; He then anoints them w/the splendor of His Holy Spirt and rasies them to a higher level. God takes natural abilities and transforms them into spiritual operations. |
Gift, Talents, and Acquired Skills | A talent or a skill can be the instrument the Lord uses to express a gift. |