Category: The gifts of the Spirit

Today I’m going to speak to you about the gift that many people find the most difficult to understand, the gift of tongues. We need to bear in mind that in the language of the New Testament, the word tongue also meant language. So, you can call it the gift of tongues, or you can… Continue reading The Gift of Tongues

I am going to start dealing with the three vocal gifts, that is, the gifts that operate through our voice. These 3 gifts are prophecy, tongues, and interpretation of tongues, they operate in church services. First, I will define them. Prophecy is the ability granted by the Holy Spirit to a believer to speak forth… Continue reading The Gift of Prophecy

The third gift of power, the effecting or working of miracles. Healings and miracles are closely related, nevertheless they are distinct. There are some differences between healings and miracles. Healings may be gradual. For instance, you may be healed of a disease like emphysema. It may take maybe hours or days or weeks. Often, too,… Continue reading The gift of working of Miracles

I’m going to deal with the next of these gifts of power, the gift of healing, or the gifts of healings. In the original Greek of the New Testament, both words are plural, gifts of healings. We may understand these various ways, each healing that you receive is a gift and that there are various… Continue reading Gifts of Healing

We are going to talk about the first gift of power, the gift of faith. This gift of faith is like a steppingstone to bring us into the exercise of the other two gifts of power, the working of miracles and the gifts of healings. When the gift of faith comes upon you, you are… Continue reading The Gift of Faith

Let me first try to define what’s meant by the word to distinguish or to discern. I understand it to mean the ability to recognize, identify, and distinguish between various kinds of spirits that confront us. The discerning of spirits is the ability to recognize, identify, and distinguish between various kinds of spirits that confront… Continue reading Discerning of Spirits

The gifts of the Spirit can be divided up into three groups, each containing three gifts. Three gifts of revelation, three gifts of power, and three vocal gifts. The second gift of revelation is the word of knowledge. There’s a close relationship between wisdom and knowledge, and yet they’re distinct. Wisdom is directive, knowledge is… Continue reading The Word of Knowledge

The gifts of the Spirit have always been available to the church. And yet for a long time, among most Christians, they had been unrecognized and unused. When we learn how to operate in the gifts of the Spirit our lives will be     revitalized, re-empowered and redirected by the exercise of them. We need to… Continue reading The Purpose of the Gifts of the Spirit