![]() He delights in research to validate truth. The teacher lays the foundation and is concerned with detail and accuracy. Teacher - The teacher and the pastor are often a shared office, but not always.The pastor is the " ring finger." He is married to the church called to stay, oversee, nurture and guide. A true shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Pastor - The pastor is the shepherd of the people.Evangelists draw a lot of attention, but they are called to serve the local body. He is the " middle finger," the tallest one who stands out in the crowd. He may evangelize through music, drama, preaching, and other creative ways. He works for the local church to bring people into the body of Christ where they can be discipled. Evangelist - An evangelist is called to be a witness for Jesus Christ.He points to the future and points out sin. The prophet is the " index finger," or pointer finger. A prophet functions as God's mouthpiece, speaking forth God's Word. ![]() Prophet - Prophet in the Greek means to "forthtell" in the sense of speaking for another.He is the " thumb," the strongest of all of the fingers, able to touch every finger. An apostle may function in many or all of the ministry gifts. Apostle - An apostle establishes and builds churches he's a church planter.Only then can the Church fulfill her mission on earth. Let’s revise the syllabuses of our Power Seminars, recognize the hidden gifts in each person and rally the silent majority of the Church to action. The gifts of the Spirit are neither nine nor nineteen nor ninety but numberless. The result is a "giftless" majority watching a "gifted" minority in awe and wonder. ✿ Our so-called scientific diagrams and definitions of the gifts of the Spirit have actually limited the Holy One of Israel. Let’s not be like the young boy who tried to empty the ocean by drawing water with a bucket! Can unlearned herdsmen and fishermen write the Scriptures without the operation of the gift of writing? (2 Pet 1:20,21). Artistic workmanship is another covetable gift (Ex 31:1-5 35:30-35). All must pray but not everybody can lament like Jeremiah or sorrow like Paul (Rom 9:1-3 10:1). Hospitality literally means the love of strangers. Though all believers are supposed to be hospitable, we know for sure there are some who are hospitable beyond our understanding! That’s a special gift, much needed today. Hospitality is another gift (1 Pet 4:9,10). ![]() Paul calls it a "gift from God" (1 Cor 7:7). ✿ There are several other gifts mentioned all over the Scriptures but we fail to recognize them so. Again if this is all what the Holy Spirit can bestow as His gifts, He is too poor! Perish the thought! "He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think!" (Eph 3:20). They are Prophecy, Teaching, Counselling, Charity, Leadership, Kindness, Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Discernment, Tongues, Interpretation, Helps, Administration, Apostleship, Evangelism and Pastorship. ✿ If we leave out the repetitions, the passages in the 4 chapters mentioned above give us nineteen gifts. There’s overlapping but they all blend beautifully as the colours of a rainbow. A diligent study of the gift lists in Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4 and 1 Peter 4 shows that the lists are only samples and the gifts mentioned are just examples. ✿ The phrase "Nine Gifts of the Spirit" is so frequently used in current teaching and writing that an average believer tends to think that there are only nine gifts of the Spirit and he is not gifted if he doesn’t have one of them! It is FALSE. ✿ More than ONE gift does NOT mean we are limited with ONLY 9 gifts. The word severally in 1 Cor 12:11 suggests that the followers of Christ have more than one gift. 4:4-6) who gives every man SEVERALLY as He will. 12:11 admonishes that Holy Spirit is ONLY ONE (Eph. Singapore Moses Messenger of God, CEO in IT industry, Astronaut, Scientist ✿ Answer is YES, We can have more than one gift as the gifts of the Spirit.ġ Cor.
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