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Your post got me thinking about 1 Cor 12:28. I looked up the greek for "set" or "placed" and discovered that it means "to place in the widest application literally and figuratively, properly in a passive or horizontal position." If someone is passive or horizontal they are not going anywhere...

Yes Pearl, why wouldn't he? The only reason I can think of is the obtuse leaders who think they know more than God.

Or just maybe there are apostles today. I never understand when God gives something through the risen ascended Jesus as in Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, they are all removed except the pastor and he is expected to do the other four as well. To me, that is complete and utter...

As they are happening today, we must have apostles amongst us. Hebrews 2 says nothing about apostles.

When I lived in Egland we attended the South Chard Christian Church which pioneered that open type ministry. The founder of the ministry who was about 5 foot nothing sat in the congregation never on a platform which we didn't have. As I use to say, no platform, no pulpit, no programme, no...

One of the young men in our church took his friend to a Bill Wilson meeting. His friend only had one hand. Bill called people forward for prayer and the young man and his friend went forward. As Bill was praying and they were standing there, he saw his friend grow a second hand and he didn't...

In my case, I think that it is both :p

1Co 12:4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. Whatever gift (charisma) we are talking about, they all have the same source. The Holy Spirit. The word Spirit is pneuma which means a current of air. You will note that on the day of Pentecost it...

1Co 12:3 Now I want you to know that if you are led by God's Spirit, you will say that Jesus is Lord, and you will never curse Jesus. There is a lot of comment generally as to what is authentic in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit, so I would like to suggest that Paul in verse three...

That may be the case, but not with me as I am addressing all nine.

This is a standout Amadeus.

Yes, that is true but sad to say the people that lead and do the preaching often think they are better than those who provide the refreshments. I judge a person not by his position by his humility.

Whether we like it or not, we have all been indoctrinated one way or another. What we believe is determined by the indoctrination. Our basic beliefs (indoctrination) should not change but the rest should be changing all the time as we grow in the Lord for the simple reason we don't feed a baby...

I am glad you said this Pearl. I was living in the UK when the charismatic renewal broke out in the 60s. People were speaking in tongues all over the place in all sorts of denominations. Of course, to a lot of people, this was all new because they had not been exposed to Pentecostalism so they...

I think you will find it is old men who will dream dreams. Which is good because you don't need a lot of energy to dream dreams when you are old.

I have made it clear in the first post that the subject matter is the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit so there is no need to discuss all the other types of gifts. If you want to do that, start another thread

He doesn't have to have proof. Unless he is a liar and you can't prove he is, then what he says is true.

If I did not make this clear I apologize but this thread is for the learning about and discussion of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit as described in 1 Cor 12. If you want to canvas thoughts about other gifts, can you start an appropriate thread? Many thanks. OP.

Please try and avoid opinion especially when you have no proof for it. OP.

A good question Rita. My experience is that one can be given a gift and have the use of it for a defined period of time because that is the area that the Holy Spirit wants you to minister in so he brings to your attention situations where the gift is needed. At one stage I was praying for...