INTRODUCTION:
1. Turn with me to 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
2. Last week we took a look at really the beginning of the Gifts as we looked
At where the gifts come from.
3. We also took a look at the purpose of the gifts.
4. Today, we are going to do a little review but we are going to moved forward as
Well to see some of the specifics Paul teaches in these verses.
5. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 12:7-11.
I. We need to focus on this one word as we move forward. V7-11
A. Actually, we need to focus on three words as we move forward.
1. The first word is “Manifestation”:
a. This word manifestation in the GK. (Exhibition, expression, and a
bestowment, and it comes from a GK word that means to render
apparent, to appear as to mean He is showing Himself to all in the
the body or congregation)
b. This is vitally important. (The reason, this is God Himself showing
Himself to His congregation, and the reason that this is important
For us to get is that 1 Corinthians was a corrective letter to that
Local body, look at 1 Corinthians 7:1, there was a letter written to
Paul by some of the Leaders at Corinth outlining problem they were
Experiencing there)
c. And as we look at 1 Corinthians 12. (We are able to see that the idea of
Spiritual Gifts were on that list of things they asked Paul to address, and
If we look at the congregation today we will see that it is a good thing
That the Holy Spirit led them to save these letters so we all will be able
to Hear the correction needed)
d. Another word or words is “common good”. (My version says common
good, but the KJV says profit withal or meaning to profit all, but the
GK says “to bear together”, and to be better for, to bring together and
Gives us the idea of being complete)
e. Look at Colossians 2:4-10. (This passage deals with not just what we are
as individuals but what we are as a body, and look specifically at verse
10, my version says filled, and the KJV says complete which are words
Used to define the GK word, but one of the words used to define this
Word is to be made “complete” as we are filled by Him)
f. So, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. (He manifests Himself
through us and makes us complete or perfect in Him, so the gifts are for
the purpose of making complete and perfect in Him who is the head)
g. Now, Mark this item. (Because it will become important later as we look
at the idea of whether the gifts have been removed or not, in fact we can
look at that now, and maybe this is a good place)
i. Turn with me in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 13:8-13. (As we look at this
passage we see that there is a time coming when these gifts will be done
away with so to speak, and uses the word “perfect” when the perfect
comes the partial will cease, the word “perfect” in the GK is translated
to complete or to be full, this goes along with 1 John 3:2-3, it is about the
return of the Messiah and we will be like Him because we will see Him
as He is)
j. Now look back to 1 Corinthians 13:8-9. (This makes it clear that when He
returns that prophesy, tongues, knowledge will come to an end, why?
Because we will see Him, and have Him physically with us and we will
Be like Him because we have seen how He is, so none of the gifts have
Been done away with at this point, but will be when He returns)
II. So let’s start looking at the gifts as outlined in this same passage. 8-11
A. I suspect that there may have been questions about these gifts in these verses.
1. To one is given is given a message of wisdom:
a. Wisdom in the GK. (Translates wisdom and can be a reference to both
spiritual and physical or earthly wisdom if you will)
b. Now this should not be a big surprise. (Turn with me to Exodus 31:1-11
in these verses we find that Yahweh had put His Spirit in these people
to build the Tabernacle and all of the things in it, sometimes we think
of these things as just skills, but skills come from Yahweh, the word
wisdom in the Hebrew means wisdom, skill and wit)
c. The next is a message of Knowledge. (First, I want you to see that in both
of these first two gifts come in the form of Message or word, which in
GK is logos which is translated as word but comes with the under-
Standing od divine expression, and the word Knowledge is which is
Translated to know, but also to be able to perceive a situation)
d. To another faith. (This word faith is the same word used for all kinds of
faith such as having faith to be saved Ephesians 2:8-9, and the truth
that we each have been given a measure of faith. The Spiritual Gift of
faith is different from those kinds of faith, this faith is for the purpose
of building the body up and we can see in Acts 3:1-10)
e. This faith. (Not only believed but acted on that belief, and included the
Gospel of truth with it and acted on it as Peter hand him the handed
And told him to get up and walk, this is the faith that after being
Being beaten they came back to the Body and prayed and the very
Foundation of the building they were in was shaken Acts 4:1-31)
g. Gift of healing. (GK for healing means to cure and healing, look at Acts
5:12-16 which tells us that many signs and wonders were being done
Among the people and people were coming to a saving knowledge of the
Master and as a result people would bring people on stretchers to them
To be healed, look at Mark 16:14-18, these are signs of those who
Believe, those He has gifted)
h. Performing of Miracles. (GK is dunamis and is where we get our English
word dynamite and really is translated the same way, it means force,
ability, might, power, strength, and we can see this at work through
Moses and Aaron as they confronted Pharaoh and his magicians during
The Exodus 7 through 11 but also can be seen as the disciples
Confronted the demonic throughout the New Testament)
i. The Gift of Prophesy. (There is really 2 aspects to the gift we have to look
at, one is the idea that a prophet will give word to the future of what
Yahweh will be doing and we find this in the Prophet sections of the
Bible, the other aspect of prophesy is fore telling which we find Moses
Who was considered a prophet spent most of his time doing which was
Telling and explaining what Yahweh said and what that meant for
Them or how they should respond to what Yahweh had said, the
Prophets themselves spent more time expounding than fore telling the
Future, also as an example look at 1 Samuel 19:23-24 we find Saul as
The Spirit came on Saul he prophesied and if you will notice he
Collapsed and laid there all day and night)
j. The distinguishing of spirits. (This gift is able to tell the difference
between which spirit is operating or maybe we could say be able to see
the hearts of men and what spirit was in operation there, we see a good
example of this in Acts 5:1-11 as Ananias and Sapphira lied to keep
more of their money, not realizing they were lying to the Holy Spirit,
and Peter was able through the Spirit discern the lie)
k. Different kinds of tongues. (GK is glossa and means tongue or language
and implies one that is not naturally acquired or one not learned, and
next gift is the interpretation of those languages of course we see this
these example in Acts 2:1-13. I will be discussing this more next week
as we take a closer look at this, but remember, that we saw in
1 Corinthians 13 that these have not been done away with at this time.
And the last sentence is that it is all the same Spirit that Yahshua has
Has sent and it is at His will)