ListenDaily - 16 January 2009; Who, what , when, where, and how?

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Yesterday we looked at the gifts of the Spirit listed in Isaiah 11:

1]the Spirit of wisdom
2]and of understanding,
3]the Spirit of counsel
4]and of power,
5]the Spirit of knowledge
6]and of the fear of the LORD
7]and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

Let us now look back at the gifts listed in the passage we started with:

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom,
to another the 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 gives them to each one, just as he determines. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

(find these or any other passages at www.Biblegateway.org)

Interesting...this New Testament list a little different. Remember that this is a different time, and circumstances are different. God does not change; it is simply time for a new thing. The Messiah has now come, and the time for the church to take up the work of the Body of Christ is upon them.

And so to the other gifts, are added ones that we would see as more miraculous; healing ...powers...prophecy...distinguishing between spirits...speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongues.

Paul makes it clear that these gifts are distributed, everyone does not get them all, but the Holy Spirit gives them to each one, just as he determines.

But friends, please consider the gifts again...healing ...powers...prophecy...distinguishing between spirits...speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongues. Should we not all see some of them...sometime...somewhere?

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Questions:
1. How does your church and/or your denomination express the Holy Spirit?
2. What, if any, is your personal experience with each of these gifts?
3. What does it mean if no one in our church exhibits any of these gifts? What does it mean if they are rarely seen?


INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing.
If you have not the Spirit of God, Christian worker,
remember that you stand in somebody else's way;
you are a fruitless tree standing where a fruitful tree might grow."
Charles Spurgeon