Reference: Spiritual Gifts
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1. The term.
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As soon as the entire nation had completed its crossing of the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua. He said,
As soon as the entire nation had completed its crossing of the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua. He said, "Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe read more. and tell them, "Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests' feet were standing, bring them along with you, and put them down where you camp tonight.'" So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had chosen from the people of Israel, one man from each tribe. Joshua told them, "Cross over again in front of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan River. Then each of you pick up a stone on his shoulder with which to build a memorial, one for each of the tribes of Israel. Let this serve as a sign among you, so that when your children ask in times to come, "What do these stones mean to you,' then you'll say to them, "Because the waters of the Jordan River were cut off in front of the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan River, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.' So these stones will become a memorial to the Israelis forever." The Israelis did just as Joshua commanded. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River just as the LORD had spoken to Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the Israelis, and they carried them over to where they would be pitching camp, and they put them down there.
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'
because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,
The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."
But then a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold some property. With his wife's full knowledge, he kept back some of the money for himself and brought the remainder and laid it at the apostles' feet. read more. Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land? As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!" When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized everyone who heard about it. The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him. After an interval of about three hours, Ananias' wife came in, not knowing what had happened. So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price." "How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter asked her. "Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well." She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband. And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.
But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye
She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.
When handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his skin were taken to the sick, their diseases left them and evil spirits went out of them.
For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,
For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
You, however, are not under the control of the human nature but under the control of the Spirit, since God's Spirit lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, he does not belong to him.
We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith.
We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith.
We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith.
My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,
I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.
You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.
To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;
to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
I thank God that I speak in foreign languages more than all of you.
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly way.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.
And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.
An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.
while God added his testimony through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
As good servant managers of God's grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received.
As good servant managers of God's grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received.
It performs spectacular signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people. It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.