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Many Christians are uncertain about the precise definition of a spiritual gift...
...But before we judge the Corinthians or our Pentecostal brethren too harshly...
...It would behoove each of us to examine our heart to see if we live in the
“glass house” of covetousness before we consider throwing stones...
Did you notice that Paul here mentions each member of the Trinity?
He says that spiritual gifts belong to the Spirit, they are administered by the
Lord Jesus, but it is God the Father who works in the recipients of the gifts.
Paul’s point here was to try to impress upon the Corinthians how the members
of the Trinity worked together in glorious harmony in giving the gifts. This was
in stark contrast to the discordant manner in which the Corinthians had received
the gifts!...
...We must pause here in our examination of these individual gifts to submit that
there is an order to the list of gifts as a whole. Paul begins with the spiritual gift
that is of greatest esteem in God’s eyes, and ends with the gift that He esteemed
least....
It was a “shame” that the men with the gift of wisdom were “least esteemed”
among them, but it was a fact....
...How wonderful to know that the profit of spiritual gifts is still available
to the believer who studies to show himself approved unto God, rightly
dividing the Word of truth.
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(R Kurth)
FULL study:
The Profit of spiritual gifts
GRACE And Peace...
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant” (I Cor. 12:1).
Many Christians are uncertain about the precise definition of a spiritual gift...
...But before we judge the Corinthians or our Pentecostal brethren too harshly...
...It would behoove each of us to examine our heart to see if we live in the
“glass house” of covetousness before we consider throwing stones...
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And
there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all” (I Cor. 12:4-6).
Did you notice that Paul here mentions each member of the Trinity?
He says that spiritual gifts belong to the Spirit, they are administered by the
Lord Jesus, but it is God the Father who works in the recipients of the gifts.
Paul’s point here was to try to impress upon the Corinthians how the members
of the Trinity worked together in glorious harmony in giving the gifts. This was
in stark contrast to the discordant manner in which the Corinthians had received
the gifts!...
...We must pause here in our examination of these individual gifts to submit that
there is an order to the list of gifts as a whole. Paul begins with the spiritual gift
that is of greatest esteem in God’s eyes, and ends with the gift that He esteemed
least....
...“I speak this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a
wise man among you? No, not one that shall be able to
judge between his brethren?” (I Cor. 6:5).
It was a “shame” that the men with the gift of wisdom were “least esteemed”
among them, but it was a fact....
...How wonderful to know that the profit of spiritual gifts is still available
to the believer who studies to show himself approved unto God, rightly
dividing the Word of truth.
"
(R Kurth)
FULL study:
The Profit of spiritual gifts
GRACE And Peace...
