When you become a Christian you are given gifts from God through the Holy Spirit. The purpose of these gifts are not for personal gain. It is to help you serve the church and ministry. Spiritual Gifts comes from two Greek words: charismata and pneumatika. Spiritual Gifts used the charis which means grace and pneumatika which means spiritual. Grace is something that was not earned or deserved to be given, but was.
The Holy Spirit is the source of all spiritual gifts. That is why you cannot obtain them until you are a Christian. He gives them freely to whom and how he decides. They are given for the common good and to excel at building Jesus' church. Spiritual Gifts are meant to serve the people in the church as a good steward an to glorify Jesus in all that we do.
Spiritual Gifts are prophecy, service, teaching, exhorting, giving, leading, and mercy. They are used for wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophesying, discernment, speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongue. Spiritual Gifts lead to jobs: apostles, prophets, teachers, miracle workers, healers, helpers, administration, and languages.
Your faith determines how strong and useful the Spiritual Gifts will be. When you prophecy faithfully, then you speak out as God instructs. If your gift is serving, then you serve well. Same with teaching because you are invested in learning as much as you can about God. Encourage faithfully means you will speak the truth without destroying the spirit of another person. Giving spiritually is knowing what a person needs and providing it without strings attached. Leadership is to be taken seriously because you direct people's lives and souls. Gift of kindness needs to be given gladly because everyone needs it. They all work together to make the church strong and united as one body. We all need each other.
Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:4-28, 14:10-12, & 1 Peter 4:10-11
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