The gifts are important to the function of the Church.
Unfortunately some elevate a gift to something it was never intended to be.
Others incorrectly define gifts to make them fit their doctrines.
So here's a quick look at the gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Note it is a gift not a sign, wonder or requirement.
But remember I am talking to 60s about some people born in the 1800s.
Unfortunately some elevate a gift to something it was never intended to be.
Others incorrectly define gifts to make them fit their doctrines.
So here's a quick look at the gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Everyone gets a gifts but not everyone gets the same gift.7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
Note it is a gift not a sign, wonder or requirement.
When I was young I knew some very wise old people that could not even read.8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom,
But remember I am talking to 60s about some people born in the 1800s.
to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
I believe this includes being a great doctor and at times praying for one's own healing.9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
10 to another miraculous powers,
to another prophecy,
It does not mean being a lie detector as some believeto another distinguishing between spirits,
Not as a signto another speaking in different kinds of tongues,
and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.