UnLeash, UnPack, & UnCover Your Gift part 3
Bishop Floyd Nelson
Part of Unleash, Unpack, & Uncover Your Gift
June 11, 2025

1 Corinthians 12:7-11
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

Review

  1. Word of Knowledge
    

    Definition
    Spiritual Gifts are defined as Divine attributes or manifestations given to every believer according to God’s grace, for use within the context of the Body.

  2. Word of Wisdom
    

    Definition
    An endowment of NON-EXPERIENTIAL insight into how knowledge may best be applied to specific needs in the Body of Christ

  3. Faith
    

    Definition
    It is the supernatural ability to see something that God wants done and to sustain unwavering confidence that God will do it despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

I. Healings

A. Definition
The gift of healing is the ability to

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in a
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way as an
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for curing illness and restoring health.

B. Characteristics

  1. The plural (gifts) indicates there are

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    of healing; not just the body but the
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    , and
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    as well. God is concerned about the
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    person. 


  2. This gift is

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    on the faith of the sick person. The concept that a lack of faith prevents healing is related to an erroneous belief that all sickness is caused by
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C. Weaknesses

  1. A person

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    continually heal the sickness of a person so that he/she lives forever. Sickness will ultimately do it’s work on every person until the return of Christ

  2. This gift works as God

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    and not as we
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    • Paul did not heal Timothy
      

      1 Timothy 5:23
      Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

    • Paul didn’t heal Trophimus
      


      2 Timothy 4:20
      Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus.

    • Paul didn’t heal himself
      


      Galatians 4:13-14
      As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, 14 and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn.

E. Biblical Example

  • Acts 5:14-16
    Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

II Miracles

A. Definition
The gift of miracles involves the Spirit- given power to perform an

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contrary to or
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to natural law.

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B. Key Characteristics
Three words most used in the New Testament in connection to miracles.

Acts 2:22 NKJV
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—

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    (Greek: dynamis) — “Power”

    • Definition:
      A miracle is a supernatural act of divine power that transcends natural laws. It cannot be explained by human reasoning or scientific understanding.

    • Focus: The act itself—what happened.
      Purpose: To demonstrate God’s power and authority over creation.

    • Example:

    • John 2:1–11 ESV
      1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
      

      6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
      1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
      

      6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

    • John 9:1–12 ESV
      1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
      

      8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

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    : Sign (Greek: sēmeion) — “Pointer”
    


    • Definition: A sign is a miracle with a message—a supernatural event that points to a spiritual truth or validates the identity and mission of God’s messenger.
      

    • Focus: What it points to—its theological significance.
      

    • Purpose: To authenticate God’s messenger and confirm divine truth.
      

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    • Matthew 12:39–40 ESV
      39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

    • John 20:31 ESV
      but these are written so that yo`u may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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    (Greek: teras) — “Amazement”
    


    • Definition: A wonder is the emotional and sensory impact of a miraculous act—it provokes awe, fear, or amazement in those who witness it.
      

    • Focus: The reaction it produces—astonishment or reverence.
      

    • Purpose: To awaken attention, stir the heart, and provoke a response to God.
      

    • Example:
      

    • Matthew 9:33 ESV
      And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”

III. How They Work Together

Scriptures for Further Study

Healings:
1 Corinthians 12:9; Acts 3:6–7; Acts 5:15–16; Acts 19:11–12; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Timothy 4:20; 2 Corinthians 12:7–9


Miracles:
Mark 1:23–26; Mark 4:39; John 2:6–10; John 11:39–44; Mark 2:12; Acts 9:36–42; 2 Corinthians 12:12