Unpacking the Apostle Paul’s writings on the Spiritual Gifts.
The spiritual gifts are abilities that are given by God through the Holy Spirit to individuals to aid other followers of Christ in their faith, both collectively and individually. They were first bestowed on the original twelve Apostles at the Pentecost (Acts 1) but the Bible shows that many others had received the gifts after…
The spiritual gifts are from the Holy Spirit and nothing of this world. In order to understand and use the gifts, you must be “transformed by the renewing of your mind.” What does that mean?
The Apostle Paul wrote extensively in the first letter to the Corinthians about the spiritual gifts. Before we study this text, it is important to keep in mind what kind of situation the city of Corinth was in when Paul wrote this letter. There were at least ten different temples to various Greek gods, the…
In this post we will look in detail at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, chapter 4, verses 1-16, regarding the spiritual gifts and the greater gifts. Through this passage we are reminded of the importance of unity with the body of Christ, along with a description of the “greater gifts” first mentioned in 1 Corinthians…