I have been thinking A LOT lately about Spiritual Gifts. <\/p>\n
I will be honest and admit that I am a little bit of a closet Charismatic – but am obviously commited to live and breathe in the Protestant Baptist Church. As a firm believer that God equips His children with unique gifts – I know He uses these gifts through us to further the work in HIS KINGDOM. It isn’t us. We don’t own these gifts. We are simply instruments. <\/p>\n
Background: I grew up Catholic and converted to the Protestant church (and began attending a contemporary Baptist church) when I was 15. So, there is not much room in there for anyone to sway me in my beliefs of Spiritual Gifts. My beliefs are based on the Word and my own experience with my gifts.<\/p>\n
Here’s what’s troubling me lately. I have found myself in conversation with & overhearing people who almost seem weary to even admit that Spiritual Gifts are real. More so, downplaying the existence of tongues, prophecy and discernment of spirits…etc. Usually it is the more "charismatic" gifts that are most looked at as false or "Old Testament". But how can one say these gifts are "false" or "outdated"… or "not used anymore" if it is written in the living & breathing WORD OF GOD… (and IN the New Testament at that).<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 12:4-11<\/strong> (NIV) I have recently gone back to what is called a Spiritual Gift Inventory. Basically it is a test created by Theologians that can somewhat determine the Gifts that a Christ-follower may possess. I’ve taken these tests before but decided to do it again since I have been seeking God in a deeper, more vulnerable way and asking Him to use me… and based on my recent condition of Spirit (out of the ordinary promptings (hearing His voice), A deeper sense of the troubled around me, Speaking Truth in ways I didn’t even know I knew how to, etc.)… I decided to take another test. Just to see.<\/p>\n It came back with two gifts of an equal high score: wisdom & discernment<\/p>\n If that is the case… how can this not justify the existence of Spiritual Gifts and God’s omnipresence and continued use within His children…?<\/p>\n Discussion Fuel:<\/strong> So… Let’s discuss shall we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been thinking A LOT lately about Spiritual Gifts. I will be honest and admit that I am a little bit of a closet Charismatic – but am obviously commited to live and breathe in the Protestant Baptist Church. As a firm believer that God equips His children with unique gifts – I know… Continue reading a discussion starter (i hope)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
"There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit<\/em>, to another miraculous powers<\/em>, to another prophecy<\/em>, to another distinguishing between spirits<\/em>, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues<\/em>. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as He determines.<\/strong> "<\/p>\n
Where are at on this topic…
True or False… why or why not…
How did you come to your beliefs…
What has been your experience…<\/p>\n