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The Church of
Jesus Christ is an apostolic extension
of the Kingdom of Heaven.
What does
apostolic mean?
The Church is the
special Instrument of the Kingdom of God
sent to reach the
world of unbelievers for Christ and to disciple
believers for the
works of the ministry of Christ.
"Kingdom of Heaven" describes where it is from.
"Kingdom of God" describes Who rules it.
The word "Kingdom" is found 160 times in the New Testament.
The word "Church" is found 115 times in the New Testament.
They are related, but they are not the same. The Kingdom of
Heaven in the earth does not exist without the instrumentality of the
Church.
The Church has no divine direction without the purpose of the
Kingdom of Heaven. When God sends apostolically, He appoints and
commissions, and makes the provisions that His purposes, will and acts
be revealed by demonstration of faith, teaching and practices.
Within its divine
purposes of the apostolic Church are the administrations of the Holy
Spirit.
A very good
friend of mine, Gabriel Heymans,
Gabriel Heymans
Ministries, has shared the following five-fold plan
of restoration of the Holy Spirit:
•The
administration
of
the
Church.
•The
administration
of
Salvation
of
the
Lost.
•The
administration
of
Human
Destiny.
•The
administration
of
Political
Government
and
Authority
•The
administration
of
the
Wealth
of
the
Nations.
First, it is important
to recognize and honor the three Persons
of the Divine Godhead:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
For our study and
deeper understanding of Spiritual Gifts we present the following:
Jesus is speaking to His disciples...
Luke 11:9-13 NKJV
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be
given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to
you.
10 For
everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened.
11 If a
son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if
he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If
you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask
Him!"
Here we see each of the Persons of the Godhead represented.
We hear Jesus tell the disciples that Father God will give the Holy
Spirit in great measure as we seek to Know Him.
This is God's supreme choosing that He give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask Him and keep on asking Him for more!
This is God's Greater Works, apostolic plan. He promised the Holy Spirit
through the prophet Joel...
Acts 2:16-18 AMP
16...
this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 And
it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour
out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men
shall see visions ( divinely granted appearances), and your old men
shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams.
18 Yes,
and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will
pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy
[telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events
pertaining especially to God's kingdom].
Note: These menservants and maidservants are the apostolic church.
They are the Spirit filled followers who are made free from the Law of
Sin and Death. Now living by faith in the Law of the
Spirit experiencing
the
reality
of
Jesus Christ, King of
the Kingdom of God.
The work of the Holy Spirit is first demonstrated in the regeneration
of our spirit when we believe upon the Lord Jesus as the Son of God and
receive Father God's gift of salvation by faith into our hearts.
The Holy Spirit represents all that Jesus is. Jesus sends Him to
abide within us. This is a spiritual mystery, yet in this manner Jesus
comes into our lives to be Lord and Savior enabling our spirit and soul
to be resurrected to life eternal.
The
reference to Father God giving us more of the Holy Spirit of Luke 9:13
is validated in our
seeking relationship with Him as a Person. Jesus did the works
of the Father even to the death on
the Cross that the promise of the Holy Spirit coming to dwell with His
people might be fulfilled.
John 16:13-16 AMP
13 But when He, the
Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes,
He will
guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He
will
not
speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell
whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has
been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things
that are to come [that will happen in the future].
14 He
will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw
upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to
you.
15
Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when
I said
that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will
reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.
16 In a
little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short
while you will see Me.
There is a
doctrine
that Jesus is a Oneness God.
Oneness writers choose to designate the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit as distinct personalities of a One-personed God.
Let us search the Scriptures line by line and precept by precept to
attain a full understanding that God is one in three Persons and not
just three personalities in one Person. Each Person of God are
co-equal and co-eternal.
Jesus would
not have given us the insights ( Luke 11:11-13) to the Father
if He were the Father and the Holy
Spirit
all
wrapped
up
into
one. He is the Messiah, the
Christ... the Son of God. His work of the Cross redeemed us, but, the
Bible is very clear that the Father was in Him reconciling ...
The Father was in Him represented by the Holy Spirit. In that the
Holy Spirit is co-equal and coeternal, His attributes are the same as
the Father.
2 Cor 5:19,
21 AMP
19 It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring
the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against
[men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the
message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).
21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin,
so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as
being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to
be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His
goodness].
The relationship among the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
is so real,
so personal, so distinct that it is impossible to conclude that they
are only personalities of one person.
Jesus did the works of the Father.
He was filled without measure by the Holy Spirit to do these works.
He did not replace the Father nor the Holy Spirit.
John
5:17-22 AMP
17 But
Jesus answered them, My Father has worked [even] until now, [He has
never ceased working; He is still working] and I, too, must be at
[divine] work.
18 This
made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him [to do away with
Him]; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the
Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being [in a special
sense] His own Father, making Himself equal [putting Himself on a
level] with God.
19 So
Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,
the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is
able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father
does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].
20 The
Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything
that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater
things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and
astonishment.
21 Just
as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live
on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is
pleased to give it.
22 Even
the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last
judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of
the Son,
Now, let us see how Jesus addresses His finished His work as a God in
flesh and blood on the earth and how that same work is released to the
Holy Spirit for our spiritual development.
John 16:7-15: “Nevertheless
I
tell
you
the
truth.
It
is
to
your advantage
that I go away; for if I
do not go away, the Helper will not come to you;
but if I depart, I will
send Him to you.
Lord Jesus says the
Holy Ghost is in us!
HE IS SENT BY THE
LORD!
Look
at what
happens!!
When HE has
come, HE will convict the world of SIN,
and of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and of
JUDGEMENT:
►of Sin, because they do not
believe in Me;
►of Righteousness, because I go
to My Father and you see Me
no more;
►of
Judgment, because the ruler
of this world is judged.
(ref.
Jn
16:8-11)
…when
He, the SPIRIT of
TRUTH has come, HE will
guide you into all truth;
for He
will not
speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears
He will speak; and He
will tell
you things to come. He will glorify Me,
for He will take of what is
Mine
and
declare
it
to
you.
All things
that the
Father has are Mine.
Therefore
I said that He will take of Mine
and declare [transmit]
it
to
you.
It is very evident that
by the Anointing of the Holy Ghost, the Father sent His Spirit to be in
Jesus. Jesus is the messenger and the Person of God through which
the Promise of the Spirit is sent to abide within
us!
(see John
1:32; 16:7-15; Acts 3:33)
Also, Jesus was resurrected by the Holy Spirit. He did not
resurrect Himself. The Lord was transformed from physical death
to Life eternal.
In like manner, we are transformed from spiritual death to Life eternal
by the Holy
Spirit. Our transformation occurs while we are still on the earth
by the plan of God. It is accomplished by faith in the work of
Jesus through the Cross! Jesus died for the sin of all mankind
and was resurrected to eternal life. We die to sin through faith
in God's gift of grace
and are born into right standing with God that we may have an eternal
relationship with the Blessed Trinity
on earth and in heaven.
Note that we must be filled with the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him.
Stephen gives us a view of this glorious promise as he was being stoned
to death...
Acts
7:54-60 AMP
Now
upon
hearing
these
things,
they
[the Jews] were cut to the heart and
infuriated, and they ground their teeth against [Stephen].
55 But
he, full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him, gazed into heaven
and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing
at God's right hand;
56 And
he said, Look! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at
God's right hand!
57 But
they raised a great shout and put their hands over their ears and
rushed together upon him.
58 Then
they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the
witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 And
while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and
accept and welcome my spirit!
60 And
falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon
them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell
asleep[in death].
These are all acts of supernatural spiritual realities of God
fulfilling divine acts embodied in the promise of sending of the Holy
Spirit demonstrating what God has prepared for our
spiritual transformation out of darkness into His marvelous
Light! The gift of salvation is fully supplied
greater than we can possibly imagine. faith in Christ is our
entry point into that
which God has prepared for those who love, seek and obey him!
Eph
3:20
AMP
20 Now to Him
Who, by (in consequence
of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to
[carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all
that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers,
desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--
Why
do we need to understand these
spiritual realities?
It is the
Lord's desire to empower every believer for Kingdom
ministry that we move in the supernatural things of the
Spirit. The gifts of the Spirit belong to and are administrated
by the Holy Ghost.
They are
given to those who hunger and thirst for relationship with Him.
As we do,
He reveals His presence to display the things of the Father's
Will. The works of the Lord Jesus Christ made possible the
sending of the Holy Spirit to impart everything of the Father through
the Son. The Holy Spirit takes the things of the Son and
declares, discloses and transmits them
in us and
through us for the edification and maturing of the Church.
God is moving in such a wonderful manner in His people's lives!
As we put Him and His commissioned ministries first in our lives
out of joy for Who He is...
He pours out blessings that are hard for us to contain!
These blessings flow out of faithfulness to His Will and out of His
Love!
In the message of the Prophetic Voice Newsletter 2008-6 titled:
The Kingdom of Heaven is Here...that we
might KNOW....
The dire need to seek the Holy Spirit is re-presented and then
three powerful questions asked.
They each relate to Knowing the prophetic things of God for our lives.
The Father's Will is that His Son, Christ, is completely and
permanently formed (molded) in each believer. When He has molded
us, He can build us and change us into His purposes for us.
Change is the hardest challenge we face in life for it requires us to
take steps into the unknown.
Change is the greatest purpose
that God has for us:
Ephesians 4:13 KJV
13 Till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
The
Bible
proclaims
that
the
Just
shall
live by faith.
What exactly
does this mean?
We walk in a
realm where we do not see by the natural,
but we call
those things that are not as though they are.
It is the
Holy Spirit Who administrates the Spiritual Treasures of God
for each and
every Born-again believer.
Spiritual Gifts are Treasures!
Spiritual Gifts are given as major part of the plan of God
to bestow His Love upon us that we may exercise that Love to others!
We are not required to work for God's Treasures...
Treasures are those spiritual things given to us in our salvation.
We are to seek relationship with our heart focused on the Giver
and not on the gifts. Why?
It is God's will that we purpose our
hearts on Him and express our
love
for Who is and not on what He can do for us. He wants our acts to
be those which characterize Him since we are born anew into his Light!
It is the intent of our heart that
motivates God.
He seeks for
pure hearts and minds.
Gal 3:11-14 AMP
11 Now it is evident that no person is
justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God)
through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with
God [the just, the righteous] shall live by and out of faith and he who
through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with
God shall live. [Hab 2:4.]
12
But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing
to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things
prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. [Lev 18:5.]
13 Christ
purchased our freedom [redeeming
us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by
[Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the
Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);
[Deut 21:23.]
14 To the end
that through [their
receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come
upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the
realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.
It is
in the realm of the Holy Spirit that
Life
in the
Kingdom of Heaven is reality!
Rom
14:17-18 NKJV
7 For the kingdom of God is not eating and
drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.18 For
he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved
by men.
The Lord
wants to take you to another level in relationship to His
blessings He has provided for you. Lack of faith (unfaithfulness)
to the "fore telling" (prophetic) visions placed in your heart will
cause the Lord to withdraw
(abort)
the manifest blessings He has ordained for your life.
The Lord Himself
makes solemn decrees that His sensed presence is,
in part, dependant
on our singleness of heart.
Lev 20:7
7 Sanctify
yourselves therefore, and be ye
holy:
for I am the
LORD your
God.
To sanctify
means to consecrate or seperate ourselves to the Lord.
This decree does not only refer to our spiritual lives, but also to our
daily lives in following His leading.
How can He direct our paths if we remain resistant to the counsel of
the Word of God and His prophets?
In the
Prophetic Voice Newsletter 2008-6, you will read that "The roots of
Christian
inactivity runs
deep. People are not motivated."
The cares of this world have
us
preoccupied.
All
of
us
deal with these
elements. They cause us to miss God and subsequently, we miss the time
of His visitation in our lives."
Let us be strongly encouraged to begin making preparations to receive
the blessings of increase God has ordained for us!
Making changes requires that we set aside the complacency of routine
and status quo actions. It requires that we continue
to speak the vision
of the changes in our prayers as we plan and prepare to
pursue
the prophetic vision. All four of these (pray, plan, prepare,
pursue)
are intricate parts of walking in the destinies for our lives.
We must learn to spiritually understand the ways of God.
It is our worship to Him when we honor Him and obey His leading.
He relates to us in spirit and in truth. Therefore we must
relate to Him
in spirit and truth. The gifts of the Holy Spirit equip us to
relate to God and to others in His provisions of supreme Love!
There
is a dynamic future waiting on our obedience to seek more of the Holy
Ghost!
He does not promise that the transitions will be easy nor does He
promise that they will not cost us to give up the things of our will.
The gifts are free yet there is a maturity that is required to walk in
them.
First we must desire all that God has given to the church to manifest
in our lives. There is a wide span between coveting the gifts and
maturing in the gifts. To exercise in them requires a childlike
heart of desire and expectation. They are given and administrated
by the Holy Spirit.
His presence is required in the manifestation of the gifts for they are
God's alone. Education and discipleship on our part is
helpful for spiritual understanding, but faith in our heart that Jesus
is the Christ and the
giver releases the Holy Spirit to transmit the spiritual graces into
action! When we move in faith, relying and trusting
in our Lord, His promises are demonstrated. The Holy Spirit will
overpower you and
you will be amazed at the desires placed within you!
The only way you will know the accuracy of a "word of knowledge"
released to you is when you begin to take the steps of preparation.
The entire Bible is God's prophetic word to his people.
It is the "Word of Wisdom" and the "Word
of Knowledge."
To humble yourself to the path God has
shown you will require a
rearrangement of your daily stewardship of how you spend your time,
energies and money.
What
will you do?
What EXPECTATIONS are you willing to
place into your mind and Spirit?
Prov 23:7
7 For as he
thinks in his heart, so is he.
You can
become restored, renewed, and refreshed in the provisions
of the
abundant life Christ has made available to you.
1 Tim 1:14
14 And the
grace (unmerited favor and blessing) of our Lord [actually]
flowed out superabundantly and beyond measure for me, accompanied by
faith and love that are [to be realized] in Christ Jesus.
Eph 3:20
20 Now to Him
Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power
that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do
superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think
[infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or
dreams]--
It is time
for all God's people to reach for more of Him through
communion with Him...co-union. You will KNOW that you KNOW His
Will as you
take steps
and test your heart's desires.
Motivation
and enthusiasm are the results of the activator key of
Faith.
We are
given the key of Faith and are to use it to unlock the things
God has in store for us.
Hebrews 11:6 KJV
6 But without
faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh
to God
must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
One final encouragement...
Jesus sets the example for which is spoken in this study.
As Jesus revealed the Father, as He talked about Him and His Kingly
rule
and demonstrated His purposes, what is unquestionaly revealed is a
relationship of intimacy, not formality.
You must talk daily to God, to yourself and those who can help make
your dreams come forth.
Repeatedly, Jesus justifies His actions with words to this effect:
John 5:19 AMP
I assure you,
most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of
His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father
doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same
way [in His turn].
The
Comforter has come to you and He has made the Father's
Will KNOWN
to you. It is time to be about His business for your life.
You have
the power to justify your actions with words to the effect
that will
bring your faith into a greater measure which will
result in
your blessings of great increase in all areas of your life.
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Now for our
deeper study in the spiritual gifts ...
One of the most dynamic works surveying the historical events and
the revealing and disclosing nature of the Holy Ghost is a book
titled: Catch the Fire
written by Guy Chevreau, HarperCollins Publishers.
It will challenge you...but, know this one thing... Guy Chevreau writes
through extensive research, and spiritual truth. He documents
every topic that is surveyed about spiritual experience in the Holy
Ghost.
He also writes from his own experiences as well as witnessing the
realm of the supernatural in it's diverse
manifestations in myraids of others....
I, too, witness to the awesomeness of our Living magnificent God!
That which Guy Chevreau shares is real! His documentations are
accurate and it requires expectation and faith to enter into Heavens
realm!
Many are not able to believe the supernatural because of prior exposure
to doctrines that teach contrary to the spiritual realms of the
Holy Spirit.
The places God has set in order for the church to travel are not the
things of the designs of men. They are the things of God and He
declares emphatically that His ways are not men's ways and His thoughts
are not at the level of men's finite minds. He is greater than
anything we can begin to imagine and experiences in Him are expressed
in words such as miracles, signs and
wonders.
It is an awesome experience to receive a
touch of
the Holy One!
Just think about the event when a woman with an issue of bleeding
for twelve years touched the hem of the Lord's garment... (Matt.
9:20-22)
It is a realm we have not as yet known, but one into which we are
entering.!
It is God's sovereign choosing that
He gives the Holy Spirit
to those
who ask him and keep on asking Him.
When we
seek the communion of Holy Ghost in our daily lives it opens our hearts
that He may empower
us for Kingdom ministry to move in the supernatural things of the
Spirit!
Please take the
opportunity to listen to the this wonderful apostolic message of the
Truth Giving Holy Spirit as He demonstrates the working
of His presence:
Audio #1
the 3rd
Dimension
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Walking in the Spirit
To experience the
manifested presence of God there is a component of faith that has a
part to play. In all things of the Spirit, it takes a step...
an action of faith. It is not by works of which is spoken.
We must position ourselves to receive of God.
Desire and expectation
are two dynamics that God rewards.
We
must
be
willing
to
be
drawn
out into His glory.
The Lord wants to
impart great blessings upon His people.
These blessings are
3-fold...
physical, emotional and spiritual.
God is preparing his people for these blessings. These blessings
will
literally overtake us! We do not have control of the things of
the Spirit.
By faith, we can exercise in them, but it is God Who manifests His will
and His ways.
In this season of 2008, God is
preparing His people to carry the anointings of His manifested
presence.
He is first calling us to separate
from the ways of the world to live
in the
Light of Truth, Life and Spirit. This call is one to seek Him
with renewed
hearts and minds.
For those who will press into this present move of the Holy Spirit,
Father God is empowering lives with refreshing, restoration and healing.
This new move of the Spirit also is bringing a radical deepening of
faith,
hope, recommissioning for ministry and power released for new aspects
of ministry! The bonds are being broken... new doors are
being opened!
The "ROCK" of cold and hard resistance of pride and arrogance is being
transformed into the Rock of Psalm 40. The Rock of Death is being
transformed into the prophetic vision Jesus spoke regarding Peter's
revelation of the Christ, the Rock. And in that revelation, Jesus
proclaims the vision of God that the gates of hell
would not prevail against the Kingdom of God.
It is
imperative that we recognize how much our Heavenly Father desires to confer the spiritual gifts of wisdom
and vision, with the knowledge of Him that they bring.
He offers vast resources of His power
which open to those who have faith.
Of special consideration is one's personal experiences and expectations
of Gods manifest presence. With expectancy we are allowed and
enabled to "see,
hear or feel"His presence in us, around us and upon us
Ps 139:7 AMP
Where could I go from
Your Spirit?
Or where could I flee
from Your presence?
God is omnipresent every moment, at all
times, in every place, but yet,
we Now can
experience Him as a person working in our lives just as Jesus was aware of the Father's
will by the anointing presence of the Holy Spirit.
All things
are possible with God.
He can localize and actualize Himself in any manner of His will.
Manifestation
or
revealing
of
the
Holy
Spirit's work are personal and
subjective... to see, hear, to feel.
The
wonderful ways of the Holy Spirit is to encounter us with
revelation and touch. He is the Helper and the Comforter.
The physical responses to a touch of the
Lord are usually very dramatic.
The human body is effected with His affective presence!
Here
are
various
manifestations
recorded
in
the
Bible and experienced
experientially...
►
Have seen the Lord or seen His Glory
► Dreams
► Open Visions
► Audible
Words
► Words
Spoken
within
the
heart,
but
words
nonetheless
► Words
that
leave
no
doubt
as
to Who spoke
them
► The
Lord's Physical Touch
► The
Lord's Healing Hand
► The Hand of Blessing
► Smelling
the
Presence
of
God
Futher study forth coming...
1.
The manifestation gifts
2.
The equipping gifts
3.
The body ministry gifts
Growth
in the Spirit is the divine
process of the Body maturing into
the image of Christ. Growth is achieved by gaining knowledge and
understanding through the Word of God and the experiences of our
Spirit guided life.
Growth is dependent on the watering of the Word of God
by the anointing presence of the Holy Spirit!
Ephesians
5:26-27
AMP
So
that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing
of
water with the Word,
27 That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy
and
faultless]. The Holy
Spirit is God, He is the Spirit of Truth!
It is His mission to administer and mold us into the image Christ.
►We
recognize that the gifts and
callings
of Christ enable the Church
to grow. They are commended by Christ and given to the church
as
empowered by the Holy Spirit.
►
We recognize that the spiritual gifts when appointed, enables one
to
perform in the supernatural dimension of the Holy Ghost above the
abilities of man.
(One who functions in gifts through
secondary ("natural") talents and abilities is demonstrating through
the grace endowments of God
and not through the supernatural.)
1
Corinthians 12:1-12 AMP
12:1
NOW ABOUT the spiritual gifts (the special endowments of
supernatural energy), brethren, I do not want you to be misinformed.
2 You
know that when you were heathen, you were led off after idols
that
could not speak [habitually] as impulse directed and whenever
the
occasion
might arise.
3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking under the
power and influence of the [Holy] Spirit of God can [ever] say, Jesus
be cursed! And no one can [really] say, Jesus is [my] Lord,
except by and under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit.
4 Now
there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments
(gifts,
extraordinary powers distinguishing certain Christians, due to
the
power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit)
and they
vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same.
5 And
there are distinctive varieties of service and ministration,
but it
is the same Lord [Who is served].
6 And
there are distinctive varieties of operation
[of
working to accomplish things], but it is the same God Who inspires
and
energizes them all in all.
7 But to
each one is given the manifestation of the [Holy] Spirit
[the
evidence,
the
spiritual
illumination
of
the Spirit] for good
and profit.
8 To one
is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak]
a
message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express]
a word
of knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy]
Spirit;
9 To
another [wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy] Spirit,
to
another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit;
10 To
another the working of miracles, to another prophetic insight
(the
gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose); to another the
ability
to discern and distinguish between [the utterances of true]
spirits
[and false ones], to another various kinds of [unknown]
tongues,
to
another the ability to interpret [such] tongues.
11 All
these [gifts, achievements, abilities] are inspired and brought
to pass
by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, Who apportions to each
person
individually [exactly] as He chooses.
12 For
just as the body is a unity and yet has many parts,
and all
the
parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ
the
Messiah, the Anointed one). AMP
God bless you,
Ambassador of
Christ
Ron Gann
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