This ministry highly recommends Lester Sumrall's "Gifts and Ministries of the Holy Spirit". Acts 1.8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you." (NIV)
There are 2 foundational stones: Unity and Love
Gifts of the Spirit are given when UNITY with our Lord Christ Jesus as Savior Lamb of God and our Father God Creator happens in our hearts with LOVE!
Reason for gifts of the Spirit are for our use as weapons of spiritual warfare to show our LORD GOD is invincible! (pretty cool reason!)
There are 9 gifts of the Spirit and they are broken into 3 groups....
The groups are Revelation, Power, and Inspiration
Revelation Gifts= word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits
Power Gifts= gift of faith, gifts of healing, the working of miracles
Inspiration Gifts= gift of prophesy, the gift of tongues, the gift of interpretation
The word of wisdom is the revealing of the prophetic future under the anointing of God. In OT every seer (prophet) foretelling the future was endowed with this gift.
The word of knowledge is the revealing of a fact in existence that can only be supernaturally revealed. It can't be seen or heard or known naturally.
The difference in these is: wisdom reveals of the future, knowledge reveals of a fact that exists now!
The discerning of spirits has to do with the comprehending of the human spirit, supernaturally revealed by the Holy Spirit. It is not the discerning of demons, but the discerning of the human spirit- good and bad.
The gift of faith is God's bringing to pass a supernatural change. No human effort is involved.
The gift of working miracles does work through a human instrument. It is a person doing a supernatural act by the divine energy of the Holy Spirit.
The gifts of healing is God supernaturally healing the sick through a ministry anointed by the Holy Spirit. A person may be given a gift from the Spirit of God to pray for a particular kind of sickness or disease. There are many ways to be healed and this is the only gift that is plural for this reason. There might be as many gifts as there are diseases.
The gift of tongues is the ministry of proclaiming in a public meeting a message from God in a language not understood by the person giving it. It does NOT come from their mind, but from the Holy Spirit.
(I have yet to be given a public message in tongues and only a few spirit filled people that I know have. BUT you can have a prayer language that is used in prayer to our LORD that is in a tongue that you are not familiar with! This is the prayer language used at most alter calls in spirit filled churches. This is usually birthed when people are baptized in the HOLY GHOST, as evidence HE is there within that person.)
The interpretation of tongues will follow the operation of the gift of tongues. The message that has been given in another language is interpreted supernaturally by the Holy Spirit through another person, without that person's mental faculties being involved.
The gift of prophecy is the anointed speaking forth of words of edification, exhortation, and comfort- words supernaturally given to the church from God.
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