
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
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, to another distinguishing between spirits, to 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.
Spiritual gifts are
by Christians.
Every Christian believes in spiritual gifts
.
Not every Christian believes in
spiritual gifts today.
The Corinthians debated spiritual gifts,
.
Spiritual gifts are God’s to give as he
to give them.
God is one, a triunity, but gives
gifts (vv. 4-6).
God’s purpose for each gift is the
of the whole church (vv. 7-10).
God distributes spiritual gifts according to his
will (v. 11).
Big Idea: Let our Sovereign God
in the matter of spiritual gifts.
There are three different
about miraculous gifts in the church today:
- Continuationist: Miraculous spiritual gifts
continue today. - Cautiously open: Miraculous spiritual gifts
continue today. - Cessationist: Miraculous spiritual gifts absolutely do
continue today.
Whichever of these three you believe, believe that God is sovereign over your