3 Kinds of Gifts 



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GOD's Holy Spirit
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OFFICE GIFTS
Ephesians 4:11






LIFE
MOTIVATION
Romans 13










Manifestation
'Butterflies'
1 Corinthians 12









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May 2007

Gifts from the Holy Spirit are the tools God gives us to stimulate
faith in others; sometimes ONE other, sometimes a group
JESUS is the FOUNDATION
The Fruit is worked in us by God's Spirit.  

Our OBEDIENCE grants Him permission to work in us.
It is our responsibility to pray and bring anything we wonder
about to Jesus.  If a person gives you a Word, take it to Jesus
and ask Him to sift it We are all a blend of flesh and Spirit.
Many, even most words are soulish, at least to some extent.

It would appear to us the OFFICE gift in Eph 4:11 is the highest,
most important.  But these are Servant gifts, often called a
CALLING. These SERVE the Body of Christ.  To elevate them is
human, not wisdom.  ALL gifts are to be respected, not denegrated.
To deny any gift is sin.





FOUNDATION - FRUIT
MOTIVATIONAL - OFFICE - BUTTERFLIES

GIFT vs FRUIT - Galations 5:22-23
The fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
To show His fruit in your life and attitude are more important
than  any gift.  However!  Dont automaticly assume
because you see no fruit, the gift is not of God!

ROMANS 12 motivational gift, Greek: Charismata
we ALL have ONE of these 7 gifts

Kindle afresh the gift (charismata) of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands.  2 Timothy 1:6

WHY the gifts?  to equip us for ministry - 
we are to make belevers that can make believers
WARNING!   Seek the Giver, NOT the gifts!
 

THERE are 3 TYPES,
3 catagories, workings of GIFTS

OFFICE GIFTS
Ephesians 4:11

Also called a CALLING or the 5 fold ministry gifts.
One person will NOT have ALL these,
tho the APOSTLE-PROPHET church planter
will have many supporting strengths.
Given only to a FEW, not all. WHY?
To prepare God's people for works of service, so that the
Body of Christ may be built up.

GOD gave SOME to be

APOSTLES (church planters), 
PROPHETS,  EVANGELISTS
PASTORS,  TEACHERS


MOTIVATIONAL * GIFTS (Charismata)

Romans Chapter 12



ALL Christians have ONE,  may have supporting secondary


PROPHECY, TEACHING, GOVERNING,
EXHORTING (encouraging),
SERVANT, MERCY, GIVING

There is a Biblical RULE for each gift
Each has characteristics how to tell which YOU have
(not which another person has)

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not
think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think
of yourself with sober judgment (fairly), in accordance with
the measure of faith God has given.  Romans 12:3

We have different gifts, and we use them 
according to the grace given us.   Romans 12:6
These 7 MOTIVATION gifts are listed in Romans 12:7-8


PROPHECY GIFT
If your gift is PROPHECY,
let him use it in proportion to his faith.
There are 2 catagories of prophecy
FOREtelling (the future) and 
FORTH telling, declare Truth, God's Word.

BRIEF  DESCRIPTION of the person with this motivation

Tells the Truth, speaks the Word, without apology
and without permission.
Can appear to run over others' feelings.
Can appear hard or harsh,
but his insight has no patience triviality.

The PROPHET has the greatest desire to
PROTECT the BODY of CHRIST as a WHOLE.

RULE:   Love must be sincere.
Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.  Romans 12:9


SERVING GIFT
If your gift is SERVING, let him serve

BRIEF  DESCRIPTION
This person builds the walls of the new nursery,
or cares for the babies in it.
This person brings the food to the potluck, or funeral,
sews curtains for the nursery.  He will mow the church lawn.
The child with Serving claps the erasers, runs for the pencils,
brings teacher a drink, waters her plants.
This person is misunderstood as being 'materialistic'.
This person considers the prophet so heavenly minded he is no
earthly good.  Neither are true.
RULE:  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.
Honor one another above yourselves.  Romans 12:10


TEACHING GIFT
If your gift is TEACHING, let him teach

BRIEF  DESCRIPTION
This person may go into such boring detail they lose their
audience. I heard a pastor who has this gift say he presented
it to his wife, and if she fell asleep he knew he had to make
it RELEVANT. The teacher needs to convey WHY the listener
should learn this. The teacher needs patience.

RULE:   Never be lacking in zeal, but 
keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.  Romans 12:11


EXHORTATION GIFT
If your gift is EXHORTATION, encouraging, let him encourage

BRIEF  DESCRIPTION:  
This person is called alongside someone to help, 
to encourage, to guide, to mentor.  
In a sense this person is like the Holy Spirit, Paraclete,
called alongside, but we all are a part of His work.
The EXHORTER has the greatest desire to encourage INDIVIDUALS
RULE:
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.





GIFT of GIVING
If your gift is GIVING, contributing to the needs of others,
let him give generously

BRIEF  DESCRIPTION
This person has financial resources (money)
to use for His service.
The church usually does not known him/her 
as they wish to stay in the background.
RULE:   Share with God's people who are in need.
Practice hospitality.    Romans 12:13


LEADERSHIP GIFT
If your gift is LEADERSHIP (governing),
let him govern diligently

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Leads, usually unites the people to accomplish a task.
Some have a secondary leadership capacity, and rise up
and lead when leadership does not exist

This is often misunderstood as 'usurping authority' or
'taking over'  but if there's no 'vision' /leadership,
the people perish!
In their desire to keep order and accomplish task, this
person may appear 'bossy'

RULE: Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.


MERCY GIFT
If your gift is showing MERCY, let him do it cheerfully

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
This person is outgoing usually, not
necessarily, and very emotional.  Has great compassion.
RULE -  Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Great misunderstandings arise with each gift, 
as each carries its/our own flesh, weaknesses, shortcomings.
There are outlines detailing these.  Very time consuming
(I am flying over the tops, much information!)





MANIFESTATION GIFTS
Butterfly Gifts of the Spirit

Butterfly Gifts that light on anyone as the Spirit of God wishs,
then fly on, in other words, these are not gifts you can claim
to 'have' but rather a way God has used you on one or more
occasions. These occur AS GOD's SPIRIT WISHES in any given
1 to 1 or group situation. YOU do not heal, God does.
He may use you that way today, but not tomorrow.

CAUTION
SEEK the Giver, not a gift.  Satan will counterfeit a gift.

1 Corinthians 12 

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working (manifestations),
but the same God works all of them in all men.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6

DEFINITION:  manifestation - results, creation, power to create
WE don't do the creating, God does!
Jesus is the manifestation of God. Seek the GIVER, NOT the gift!

The manifestations gifts are listed in  1 Corinthians 12:7-11
The manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
That is, for the good of the person or group to whom you are
speaking.

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of WISDOM,
to another the message of KNOWLEDGE by means of the same Spirit,
What is wisdom?  It's often just Common Sense!
Example:   These 2 gifts are interpreted in differing ways.
Which is which should NEVER, EVER be argued over!
One explanation I prefer is KNOWLEDGE is knowing WHAT to do,
WISDON knows WHEN to do it.
These are both supernatural knowledge, wisdom.

You can call it discernment too.  Most save discernment for the
Discernment of spirits (demons). My preference is to say
The LORD gives me supernatural insight, say .. if a woman has
been raped.  Nothing she has said would infer that, I suddenly
know that.  The REASON is to HEAL her.
Not just to know.  We are TOOLs in the Hand of our
The tool doesn't say when its to be used or how.

Next gift pair is  FAITH  and  HEALING by the one Holy Spirit,
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Without faith we cannot be used for healing.
The devil DOES counterfeit the gift of healings and all other
gifts.  FAITH is foundational to operating in all the gifts,
this is an extra 'boost' of faith.


MIRACLES -  miraculous powers, 
supernatural ability to do supernatural things.
Example - the axe head floated 2 Kings 6:5
As one was cutting a tree, the axe head fell into the water:
and he cried, ONO!  That was borrowed!

PROPHECY

DISCERNMENT, or distinguishing between spirits.
Supernatural ability to know who is of God and who is of the
devil. Also can tell who is open to the gospel and who is just
a trouble maker. Supernatural ability to discern means others
will not understand how you know this when they can't see it.
That's where the Body NEEDS to understand the gifts, in order
to fit together and get along and protect and defend one
another instead of gossiping and fighting. Look who Paul told
this to! The fighting, immoral Corinthians!
Right either side of his Chapter 13 LOVE  chapter!

Speaking in different kinds of TONGUES & Interpretation of
tongues. In short, it is SIN to deny the existence of this or
any other gift. It's blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
However, Paul also cautioned us to SEEK to prophesy,
the higher gift.

Tongues is the LEAST, LOWEST  gift, not the highest.
There are 2 kinds of TONGUES -
private for your own personal edification, and public. 
In public, an interpreter MUST be there or its not God.
In short, don't DENY tongues, don't act as tho its the best
gift. Both are sin against the Body of Christ and cause strife.

All these are the work of one and the same Holy Spirit, 
and He gives them to each one, just as He determines.
To seek a gift other than what God has for you is SIN.
Seek Jesus only.  Run to the Father only.
Set Him free, so to speak, to move in and thru you as HE wishes,
not as YOU demand.

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; 
and though all its parts are many, they form one 
So it is with Christ.   1 Corinthians 12:12
In Hebrew the LORD our GOD is ONE is the Hebrew word 
'ECHAD' (ee-hahd') which is a plurality of One.
In this verse specificly, I looked in Vine's but could not find
if this unit (Body is a unit) is similar.
In any case, though we are many, in Jesus we are one,
no Jew, no Greek, no male, no female, no difference in Christ.

In the church God has appointed first of all apostles,
second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles,
also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others,
those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in
different kinds of tongues.   1 Corinthians 12:28

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers?
Do all work miracles?  Do all have gifts of healing?
Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12:29 - 30

Eagerly desire the greater gifts.
And now I will show you the most excellent way.
1 Corinthians 12:31

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts,
especially the gift of prophecy.    1 Corinthians 14:1

Anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God.
Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with
his spirit.   1 Corinthians 14:2

But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their
strengthening, encouragement and comfort.  1 Corinthians 14:3

He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself,
but he who prophesies edifies the church.  1 Corinthians 14:4

I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,
but I would rather have you prophesy.
He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues,
unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.
1 Corinthians 14:5

GOD's NEWS, PROPHECY and WORLD NEWS

THIS IS THE JUDGMENT
that the Light has come into the world, 
and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, 
for their deeds were evil.  

GOD so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
Eternal LIFE. For God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

He who believes in Him is not judged;
he who does not believe has been judged already, 
because he has not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God.  John 3:16-19