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Gifts of Grace
Romans 12 – Gifts of Grace (lit. gifts from above through grace)-Serving Gifts (by no means
exhaustive),
o Prophecy – Serving – Teaching –Encouraging –Giving – Leading- Mercy - Helps -
Guidance
Gifts not listed…C. Peter Wagner in Your Spiritual Gifts suggests seven others:
o celibacy - voluntary poverty - martyrdom - hospitality - intercession - exorcism – writing
– music – craftsmanship –art, etc
Vs 4-6
Vs 7 – Key verse – To each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good:
Who: everyone
What: manifestation of the Spirit which are the gifts
Why: the common good, not personal gain (minor exceptions, but even then it is for
common – c.f. chapter 14:4)
The division word: “another” – allos means another of the same kind, eteros means another of a
different kind. The gifts are broken up into 2 x 5 x 2
It is not wisdom and knowledge, but a message of wisdom and message of knowledge
Message of wisdom is an insight into the plan of God (guidance for what to do in a situation)
Message of knowledge is an insight into the current situation
Exodus 7:14, 15 / 1 Sam 16:7 / Acts 9:10-16 / Acts 10:19-20 / John 4:1-26 esp. 17
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height [Direction: a message of wisdom], for I have
rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at
the heart” [Information: a message of knowledge].
Examples: revelation of sin in a person’s life, that a person fits in a particular role in the church, Where
God is leading the church
Faith – the key to the other gifts. Not saving faith, but a supernatural faith that enables water to
come from a rock or a man to walk on water.
Gifts of healing-
o how many methods did Jesus use to heal? (touched, spit, spoke, made mud,
commanded to bathe, hem of garment, acknowledged the faith in the requestor
o How many ways do scriptures tell us that we can heal? Prayer of faith, prayer of
righteous, prayer and fasting, lay hands on, elders pray
Working of miracles (energema dunamis) – same word as lord’s prayer Mat 6:13, literally,
“working of power”
o This is not the time to pray, but the time to act. (Ex 14:15-16)
o This gift is the fulfillment of Acts 1:8, more than just “miracles”, but supernatural power
Prophecy
o Fortelling: Mat 13:14 (fortelling of Jesus)
o Do not despise prophecying (1 The 5:20)
o Forthtelling: Other gifts spoken over people through prophecy: 1 Tim 4:14
o Everyone should do it (1 Cor 14:2,3, 24)
Discerning of spirits – it is not natural discernment, but works with the gift of knowledge and
wisdom
Every Christian will encounter demons, whether he recognizes them or not. What a great blessing and comfort to know that God
has equipped each of us to deal with any demon that comes against us. Ephesians 6:12, which says we wrestle with demonic
powers, is written to every Christian. Jesus was the first person to regularly and effectively use the power of God to recognize
and cast out demons (Matt. 8:16, 9:33, 10:1, etc.), and it is primarily from his example that we learn about discerning of spirits.
He taught his disciples about the spiritual battle, and commanded them to cast out demons also (Matt. 10:8; Luke 10:17).
Through the manifestation of discerning of spirits Peter accurately discerned that Satan filled the heart of Ananias (Acts 5:3), and
Paul knew that Elymas was a child of the Devil (Acts 13:10). Via discerning of spirits Paul knew that the slave who was mocking
them was not just a disgruntled pagan, but someone under the influence of a demon, and he also knew the proper time to cast it
out, after having put up with her mocking “many days” (Acts 16:16-18).
You don’t just start casting out demons unless you have this gift in full operation
Initial gifts
http://www.scribd.com/Jeff_Lee_6841
Additional Links:
http://www.jimfeeney.org/giftsofholyspirit.html
http://bible.org/seriespage/spiritual-gifts-1-corinthians-121-11
http://bible.org/article/gifts-spirit
http://www.theholyspirit.com/HolySpiritBaptism.asp
http://www.godonthe.net/HolySpirit/snames.htm
1 Corinthians - Chapter 12 (Week 20) – Handout
GIFTS OF GRACE
Romans 12 – Gifts of Grace (lit. gifts from above through grace)-Serving Gifts (by no means
exhaustive),
o Prophecy – Serving – Teaching –Encouraging –Giving – Leading- Mercy - Helps -
Guidance
Gifts not listed…C. Peter Wagner in Your Spiritual Gifts suggests seven others:
o celibacy - voluntary poverty - martyrdom - hospitality - intercession - exorcism – writing
– music – craftsmanship –art, etc
Vs 7 – Key:
Who
What
Why
Spirituals:
First Grouping:
Exodus 7:14, 15 / 1 Sam 16:7 / Acts 9:10-16 / Acts 10:19-20 / John 4:1-26 esp. 17
o Word of
o Word of
Second Grouping:
o F
o Gifts of
o Working of
o P
o D
Third Grouping:
o T
o I
http://www.scribd.com/Jeff_Lee_6841
http://www.jimfeeney.org/giftsofholyspirit.html
http://bible.org/seriespage/spiritual-gifts-1-corinthians-121-11
http://bible.org/article/gifts-spirit
http://www.theholyspirit.com/HolySpiritBaptism.asp
http://www.godonthe.net/HolySpirit/snames.htm