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Gifts Of The Holy Spirit
Contributed by Richard Tow on Aug 17, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. Purpose Of The Gifts
Contributed on Aug 17, 2024
Message introduces a series examining the Gifts of the Spirit. In the first half, the series entitled Foundations for Worship is reviewed, teaching the relational nature of the gifts. In the second half, God's purpose for the gifts is explained.
Intro Today, we begin a series on the gifts of the Spirit. This is a challenging subject because the goal is not just more knowledge about the gifts but knowledge that releases us into the actual exercise of the gifts in our personal lives and in the corporate life of this church. “Be ye doers of ...read more
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2. Nature Of The Gifts Of The Spirit
Contributed on Aug 19, 2024
Based on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, eight characteristics of the gifts of the Spirit are examined.
Intro We are examining the gifts of the Spirit. Last week, we talked about the purpose of the gifts. The gifts of the Spirit are not designed to entertain the saints or make church more exciting. The gifts of the Spirit are to build up the saints so they can do the work of the ministry. The gifts ...read more
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3. Word Of Wisdom
Contributed on Aug 30, 2024
What is a "word" of wisdom? Is it just wisdom in general, or is it a supernatural impartation of guidance by the Holy Spirit? This message explains this supernatural operation of the Spirit and provides examples of its occurrence in Scripture and in the pastor's life.
Intro We are in a series concerning the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Last week we examined the description of the gifts found in the first eleven verses of 1 Cor. 12. We came to understand the gifts of the Spirit as “supernatural impartations by the Holy Spirit that come in a moment for a specific ...read more
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4. Word Of Knowledge
Contributed on Aug 30, 2024
What is a word of knowledge, and is it for today? This message examines this supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit, providing examples of its operation as revealed in Scripture. Examples in the pastor's life are also included.
Intro We are studying the gifts of the Spirit that Paul talks about in 1 Cor. 12. By examining Paul’s description there, we know that these are not natural abilities. These are supernatural impartations by the Holy Spirit to meet the need of the moment. They are manifestations of the Spirit who is ...read more
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5. Manifestations Of Supernatural Faith
Contributed on Sep 10, 2024
Message clarifies the supernatural gift of faith from other expressions of faith and provides examples of this gift in operation.
Intro The essential key to the kingdom of God is faith. Your future depends upon believing the promises of God. When Israel finally went into the Promised Land, there were only two men from those who left Egypt who entered in: Joshua and Caleb. All the others failed to enter into what God had ...read more
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6. Gifts Of Healing
Contributed on Sep 10, 2024
This message explains the supernatural gifts of healing (1 Cor. 12:9) along with biblical examples of these gifts in operation.
Intro This message is for all those who are dwelling in a mortal body. We are going to talk about the gifts of healing. If you are dwelling in a mortal body, the gifts of healing matter to you. As I age, I become more and more interested in the gifts of healing. As I see precious people around me ...read more
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7. Workings Of Miracles
Contributed on Sep 19, 2024
Message examines "workings of miracles" as a gift of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Examples of this gift in operation are examined for insight into what it is and how it works.
Intro Have you ever tried to work a miracle, and it did not work? When I first started operating in the supernatural, I was alone at a lake for a time of prayer. After extended prayer, I was feeling very spiritual. I looked at that lake and thought, Jesus walked on water, even Peter walked on ...read more
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8. Manifestations Of Prophecy (Part I)
Contributed on Sep 19, 2024
The gift of prophecy listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10 is explained and illustrated with biblical examples of its operation. In this part 1 of 2, predictive prophecy is dealt with.
Intro We are examining the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Cor. 12. We will begin reading in 1 Cor 12:4. “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in ...read more
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9. Manifestations Of Prophecy (Part Ii)
Contributed on Sep 19, 2024
This second part focuses on non-predictive manifestations of prophecy. Believers are encouraged to cultivate a desire to be used by God in this way, and instruction is given in how to enter into the operation of this gift.
I. WHAT IS THE GIFT OF PROPHECY in 1 Cor. 12:10? I want to begin with three Greek words in the New Testament that should help us understand specifically what Paul is referring to in 1 Cor. 12:10 when he writes, “…to another prophecy….”i (1) Didasko is commonly translated “teach.” Let me read a ...read more
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10. Discernings Of Spirits
Contributed on Sep 27, 2024
This message discusses the supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit called "Discernings of Spirits" in 1 Corinthians 12:10. This gift unveils the spiritual realm, and its operation often precedes exorcism. It is a protection from deception.
Intro In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul raises the subject of spiritual manifestations. He lists nine gifts or manifestations of the Spirit. We have examined the first six and now come to the seventh, discernings of spirits. I begin reading in verse 7. “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each ...read more
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11. Tongues
Contributed on Sep 30, 2024
This message addresses the eighth gift of the Holy Spirit mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10: the supernatural enablement to give a message in an unlearned foreign language. In Scripture, tongues is the ability to speak in languages unknown to the speaker.
Intro In our study of the gifts of the Spirit, we come to the gift of "kinds of tongues," listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Of the nine gifts of the Spirit, two were reserved for the Church and are not active in the Old Testament. Those gifts are the gift of divers kinds of tongues and the ...read more
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12. Interpretation Of Tongues
Contributed on Oct 5, 2024
This message explains the supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit, which is mentioned as "the interpretation of tongues" in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Attention is given to how this gift is to operate in the church.
I. KINDS OF TONGUES Last week, we talked a lot about the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the New Testament pattern of speaking in tongues. We learned: (1) The importance of the baptism in the Spirit to equip the believer for service. Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has ...read more
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13. Valuing One Another
Contributed on Oct 5, 2024
In 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Paul teaches the diversity of gifts in the Body of Christ. In verses 1-11, we discussed WHAT the gifts are. Now we begin talking about HOW the gifts are to function.
Intro In our study of 1 Corinthian 12, we have discussed the nine gifts of the Spirit listed by Paul in the first part of that chapter. Our study has focused on understanding what these gifts are. Using Paul’s terms in the first eleven verses, we see that these activities are called gifts because ...read more
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14. Where’s The Love?
Contributed on Oct 7, 2024
The message examines love as the motive for what we do. The context of the Love Chapter is the operation of the gifts of the Spirit (listed in 1 Corinthians 12 and regulated in 1 Corinthians 14).
Intro Our text today is found in 1 Corinthians 13. After addressing the nine gifts of the Spirit in the first part of 1 Cor. 12, Paul introduced an analogy of the human body to teach these believers the importance of valuing and caring for one another. On the one hand, these Corinthians are doing a ...read more
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15. Love: The Eternal Constant
Contributed on Oct 14, 2024
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are only until "that which is perfect has come" (1 Cor. 13:10). When will that perfection come? When will the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit cease?
Intro Our text is found in 1 Corinthians 13. In verses 1-3, Paul writes: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though ...read more
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16. The Right Use Of Tongues
Contributed on Oct 14, 2024
What is the primary purpose of tongues? What limitations does Paul place on the exercise of tongues in the general assembly? Did Paul desire believers to speak in tongues (1 Cor. 14: 5, 18, 39)?
Intro The gifts of the Spirit are an essential part of God’s plan for His Church. When the Church is operating in the power of the Spirit, lives are transformed, and cultures are turned toward godliness. When the Church tries to do its work through human ingenuity and carnal resources, we lose ...read more
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17. Women, Tongues, And Church Order
Contributed on Oct 14, 2024
Must women be silent in the church? Can a person under the unction of the Holy Spirit control himself? This message examines guidelines Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 14 concerning church order.
Intro We are in the last half of 1 Cor. 14 for our text today. Last week, we concluded with Paul’s words in verses 18-19, “I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; 19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten ...read more
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18. Position Yourself For The Gifts Of The Spirit
Contributed on Oct 21, 2024
How can we position ourselves to be used by God in the gifts of the Spirit? Seven keys for making ourselves available to God for his supernatural operation through our lives are discussed.
Intro In this message, we are concluding our series on the spiritual gifts. We have gotten into a lot of detail in 1 Corinthians 14, so let me go back to the beginning of Paul’s teaching on the subject. 1 Corinthians 12:1: “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ...read more