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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. |
Subject: Am I ignorant |
Bible Note: Hi Jeff:: Thank you for your response. To clarify for you, what I was saying is that the teaching in Cor. would open to more people the receiving of said gifts. I am not refuting, that the gifts of the Spirit are clearly shown to be the work of God through the believer, After all they are called the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, they were not conjoured up by man to do something for God. 1 Cor.14:12,13 12) Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 13) Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. So we see that we "can seek" to a greater gift, a deeper understanding of them. A differant way of saying it would be, there were, and are today, people that can receive the gifts of the spirit, by being taught that they are available to us, and that we can seek for the manifestation of them in our lives. This teaching will be a direct cause of the proliferation of thes gifts. About the lifespan, I was saying that there were people, that were receiving these Gifts, that were alot younger than the Apostles, meaning that they would be living into the 2nd. century, and teaching others that they also could, and should receive also. And so on, until the 21st.century. you say: "I don't find that God would give a gift to an individual and then he/she be in permanent possession and practice of that gift until his/her death." answer: Are there any other people documented in the bible besides the Apostles, (Timothy) that we can definativly say, they had the Gifts? Is there any documentation, refuting the posession of these Gifts until their deaths? Did Paul, John, Peter ever Stop being Apostles? you say: "I do see where particular gifts were used in particular events by individuals and then not mentioned again." answer: What particular event are you refering to? We see that Jesus healed a "Lunitic", but because there are not 5 more accounts of this same event taking place, does this mean that Jesus lost the power to proform this healing? No of course it doesn't, it just means that there does not need to be a redundancy of ocasions for us to know, and believe that these events took place more than one time, I guess it is one of those things we are taught, we are to take on FAITH. In summary: 1) Gifts are clearly of GOD. 2) There can be teaching of receiving thes Gifts. 3) Is permanent possession of thes Gifts possable. 4) Your particular event scripture. 5) Gifts only used inparticular events. God Bless Nevvvvine |