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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). The Holy Spirit is just as much alive today as He was when the New Testament was written. Before we move forward in exploring the dynamics of Knowing Our Spiritual Gifts, we need to accept all the work of God through the Holy Spirit in modern times, just as the disciples were called to accept the work of the Holy Spirit over two thousand years ago.
IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS
Understanding and knowing what God says about Spiritual Gifts is the starting place of our journey. Even though man has many opinions about the topic, God has plenty to say about His gifts to us – after all, He is the giver of these gifts.
Many Christians choose to “stay in the dark” as to the full understanding of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Ignorance is not bliss!
THIS SERIES IS DEDICATED TO My Grandchildren
Legacy starts with the indwelling Life of Jesus!
Nothing brings me greater joy than watching each of you discover who you are in Christ. A grandfather’s legacy is great, a father’s legacy is critical, but the legacy of Jesus Christ from within – well, that is simply eternal!
Opa will love you forever & eternally!
It is my hope and prayer that this study blesses you. I spent 12 years researching and studying the Scriptures through pictorial Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, and Greek texts.
A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα charism, plural: χαρίσματα charismata) is an endowment or extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit to those indwelt (born-again) by Christ. These are the supernatural graces that individual indwelt Christians need today (and were needed in the days of the Apostles) to fulfill the mission of the first and following generations of the Church – the Bride of Christ. In the narrowest sense, it is a theological term for the extraordinary graces given to those filled with the Holy Spirit - each to advance others in the indwelling Life of Jesus. Each gift is also for personal sanctification, such as the fruit manifested through the Holy Spirit.
These extraordinary spiritual gifts, connected with certain offices in the Church, are gifts given by the Holy Spirit to all authentic believers to build up the entire Church.
As you study, may you, too, be built up for His services to advance the indwelling Life of Christ. Sign up today through the link button below.
-Dr. Stephen R. Phinney
THE INDWELLING SPIRITUAL GIFTS