Galatians 5:22-23 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.'
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
The gifts of the holy spirit are
Utterance of Wisdom
Utterance of Knowledge
Faith
Gifts of Healing
Working of Miracles
Prophecy
Discernment of Spirits
Various kinds of Tongues
Interpretation of Tongues
In todays world the most popular gifts are the highlighted ones - the gifts of healing, working of miracles and of prophecy. They are the crowd pullers. And paradoxically, those exercising these gifts are at greatest risk of being subjected to praise and adulation which may result in pride rearing its ugly head especially if the person remains a child of the earth. But if the person with the Gift has grown in humility and used the power bestowed on him to truly become the son of God the most high then the Spiritual Gift will merely be an extension of the Divine in him and cause no harm. But such people are few and far between.
The common man must learn to accept the fruit of the gifts without false attribution to the person exercising it, because all Gifts and their fruits are from the Holy Spirit and not the possession of the human person exercising it. We should also use our God given understanding to discern what is being preached from the pulpit and lecterns of miracle workers especially. Saying that a person has the gift of healing or miracle working or of prophecy does not mean that he has the gift of wisdom, understanding or of faith. These gifts can be identified only with discernment.
If the FRUITS of the Holy Spirit are in evidence in a person, then there is more chance of that person being a true child of God with a close relationship with the heart of the Father as opposed to a person with mighty miracle working powers but little evident fruits of the Holy Spirit in their personal life.
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
The gifts of the holy spirit are
Utterance of Wisdom
Utterance of Knowledge
Faith
Gifts of Healing
Working of Miracles
Prophecy
Discernment of Spirits
Various kinds of Tongues
Interpretation of Tongues
In todays world the most popular gifts are the highlighted ones - the gifts of healing, working of miracles and of prophecy. They are the crowd pullers. And paradoxically, those exercising these gifts are at greatest risk of being subjected to praise and adulation which may result in pride rearing its ugly head especially if the person remains a child of the earth. But if the person with the Gift has grown in humility and used the power bestowed on him to truly become the son of God the most high then the Spiritual Gift will merely be an extension of the Divine in him and cause no harm. But such people are few and far between.
The common man must learn to accept the fruit of the gifts without false attribution to the person exercising it, because all Gifts and their fruits are from the Holy Spirit and not the possession of the human person exercising it. We should also use our God given understanding to discern what is being preached from the pulpit and lecterns of miracle workers especially. Saying that a person has the gift of healing or miracle working or of prophecy does not mean that he has the gift of wisdom, understanding or of faith. These gifts can be identified only with discernment.
If the FRUITS of the Holy Spirit are in evidence in a person, then there is more chance of that person being a true child of God with a close relationship with the heart of the Father as opposed to a person with mighty miracle working powers but little evident fruits of the Holy Spirit in their personal life.
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