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1 | I Cor 12:7 | Rom 5:16 | TKO | 49499 | ||
Why do 99.9 percent of Christians call the "manifestation" of the spirit "gifts of the spirit"??? | ||||||
2 | I Cor 12:7 | Rom 5:16 | Reformer Joe | 49500 | ||
Because "gift" is what the Greek word "charisma" means. It is used in 17 verses in the New Testament, and the use of "manifestation" does not make sense when looking at all of the verses containing the word: "For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;" --Romans 1:11 (imparting some spiritual manifestation?) "But the free GIFT is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the GIFT by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. The GIFT is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free GIFT arose from many transgressions resulting in justification." --Romans 5:15-16 (does it make sense to you to talk about the gift of salvation as a free "manifestation" from God? Does a "manifestation" result in our being made right with God -- justification?) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." --Romans 6:23 (the "manifestation" of God is eternal life?) "Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that." --1 Corinthians 7:7 (here he is talking about the "gift of celibacy," but it is interesting to note that each man has his own "charisma" from God...not that all have access to EVERY "charisma") "As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." --1 Peter 4:10-11 (are serving and speaking "manifestations"? Whatever they are, Peter indicates that each one has received "charisma," singular. Not that each one has received all "charismata," plural.) And that is why more than 99.9 percent of Christians agree with English translators in calling them "gifts." --Joe! |
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