1 Corinthians 12:8-10 – For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, discerning of spirits; to another, divers kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.
According to the passage the gifts of the spirit are;
All these gifts are given by God freely to anyone He calls or wants to use for the work of His kingdom.
What are the reasons for these gifts?
Does these gifts indicate the Holy Spirit is in a fellow?
No! Like we were taught in Economics, the opportunity cost of a free gift is zero because no work has been done to deserve it.
What is the correlation between the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit?
The Holy Spirit indicates that one is associated with the giver of the gifts of spirit. The Bible says if a man is born again, old things have passed away, behold everything is anew.
One can have the gift of the spirit and still remain in his/her old self, which means he/she only has the gift but doesn’t have intimate connection with the giver of the gift of the spirit, e.g
The key point is you cannot be doing the things of Satan and claim you know God, that is the greatest fallacy of all time.
You get the gift of the spirit free but you do the work of faith like keeping yourself holy to have the Holy Spirit, the disciples were separated from the world before they received Holy Spirit, they worked for it.
Why do we need the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is the fuel that keeps the gift of the spirit going and growing for the edification of the church. The Gift Of The Spirit Without The Holy Spirit Has An Expiring Date.
You fight to win your old self, Jesus Christ fought to win the temptation of Satan, so we also have to face temptation of those things we have been doing before when we were in the world, ability not to fall into them back again is called separation. Even job states it in Job 14 that a man born of a human is of few days full of troubles.
-Olumide Ezekiel Ojo
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Nice article, very understandable.
The explanation under the word of knowledge and word of wisdom should be vice verse, wisdom will enable you to find a solution while knowledge will enable you to know stuff regarding Bible or other things. Just a point of view, no offence. I really love your articles. Thanks.
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