BIG IDEA: Your spiritual need may be met by God through
1 Corinthians 12:1–3 (NIV) Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV) There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
A SPIRITUAL GIFT IS:
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2. A Holy Spirit-given
1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT) A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
Your spiritual need may be met, by God, through
1 Corinthians 12:8-10 (NIV) To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:11 (NIV) All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
THE WHO’S OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1. From Who: Is the
2. To Who: Our role is not to
3. For Who: The spiritual gift
Additional Reading:
1 Corinthians 12:8–10
1 Corinthians 12:28
Romans 12:6–8
Ephesians 4:11–12