The gifts of the Holy Spirit are amazingly spectacular and greatly to be desired. However, as the apostle Paul hastened to point out, without love, these gifts, awesome as they may be, are profitable for nothing. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all…..
God’s gifts to the Church are many and diverse. He gives spirituals gifts to believers at will and gifts people to the Church for the benefit of all. In 1st Corinthians chapters 12 through 14, the apostle Paul enlightened us concerning these gifts. Sign Gifts and Benefits of the Holy Spirit “For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to…..
Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5 NIV). I can imagine how very sad the chosen apostles of Jesus must have been as they watched their beloved Lord as He was taken up from them into heaven in a cloud. They had spent every day together for three…..
The Holy Spirit is uncontrollable, unpredictable, exciting, all-powerful, is everywhere at the same time and full of wisdom. “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit” (John 3:8 NIV). Those who are born of the Spirit have the opportunity to do great and mighty things through the power of the Holy Spirit if they give Him freedom…..