The Spiritual Gifts - Doctrine of the Week

The Spiritual Gifts as Stewards of Grace

Good morning. The doctrine of the week for this Sunday is the spiritual gifts. The scripture says in 1st Peter chapter 4 verses 10 and 11 as. Each one has received a gift Minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

If anyone speaks let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers or Serves let him do it as with the ability which God supplies that in all things God may be glorified Through Jesus Christ to whom belong the glory and dominion forever and ever.

Amen, so first of all, what is a spiritual gift. A Spiritual gift is an ability given by Christ through the Holy Spirit To the believer at the moment of their salvation. Now it may take some time for a person to recognize what their gift is.

But we believe that every true Christian has at least one spiritual gift. Second, what is the purpose of the spiritual gifts. As we just read it is for the the glory of God. Also, it is for the building up or the edification of the body of Christ as the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians 4 12 through 14.

Key Passages on Spiritual Gifts

So along with 1st Peter 4 in Ephesians 4. The other key passages to consider if you wanted to look on your own are Romans 12 and 1st Corinthians 12. So this is a very simple way to remember Romans 12.

1st Corinthians 12. 1st Peter 4. Ephesians 4. And as we saw from the Apostle Peter, the spiritual gifts are broken up Generally into two categories. There are the speaking gifts and then the serving.

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Sign Gifts and Their Purpose

Many Bible teachers I would include myself in this group would identify a third category of spiritual gifts. And that is what people call the the sign gifts. So the sign gifts would include the working of miracles healings prophecy and the ability to speak with other tongues.

Now here at Morris Corner Church and our understanding of the scripture we believe that the sign gifts were given primarily to validate the authority of the Savior and his apostles prior to the writing of The New Testament, and of course they continued through the writing of the New Testament afterward.

Once the canon of scripture was complete these miraculous Proofs this evidence was no longer necessary since we now have God's New Testament revelation in Holy writ. So in conclusion as the Apostle Peter said as each one has received a gift Minister it to one another.