THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
PDO FAMILY FELLOWSHIP
Background: The Holy Spirit is the third person in the
Trinity (word not used in the
Bible).
The Holy Spirit is a person. The fact is that right from the beginning, the
three
Persons
of the Trinity have been working together but in different aspects.
Let
us consider some of these:
A)Read through Psalm 139: 1-12 and Jer 23:24 and write down some of your
observations.
Can
we say from your observations that through the Holy Spirit God pervades the
universe, both omnipresent and omniscient?.
B) Operations
of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament:
Ps
33:6
Gen 1:2-3 ~
Ex31:2-5
Deut
34:9
md 6:34 ~
4 Ps51:11 -~
2
Pet 1:21
C) The Holy
Spirit Prepares The way for Jesus:
Luk 1:15
Luk
1:41-42
Luk 1:67 ~
Jnl:29-34
Lk3:21-22-- 17;
Luk4:1,18,32-
D) Jesus
Prepares The Way for The Holy Spirit:
Jn 7: 37-39
Jn 14:15-18 Jn 14: 25-26 Jn 16:5-7 Jn 16:12-15
E) Between Resurrection and
Ascension:
Jn 20:19-22
The RESURRECTED
Christ and the INBREATHED Spirit. The Disciples are regenerated.
Compare with the FIRST CREATION (Gen2:7)
Luk 24:49
Acts 1:5-8 What conclusion
we conclude from the above scripture about the promise of the Holy
Spirit.
F) Pentecost: The Promise
Fulfilled:
Acts 2:1-4 The
G~orifieO Christ and the OUTPOURED Spirit. The promise fulfilled in three
phases:
1. Immersion (baptism)
2. Infihling
3. Outflow (in speech)
G) After the Day
Acts 2: 1618
Acts 2:32 Acts 2:36 Acts
2: 38-39 Acts 4:31 Acts 8: 14-19-
Acts 9:17 -
ICor 14:18 Acts
10: 44-47 Acts 10:38 Acts
19: 2-6
ICor 14:2-6
ICor 14: 14-17 Jude 20 Ephe 6:18 -
Of Pentecost:
H) HOW TO RECEIVE:
John 7:37-39 :
Three requirement:
1) Be THIRSTY
2) COME to
Christ as Baptizer (Jn 6:37)
3) DRINK receive
with open mouth
RESULT: outflow in speech.
I) WHY SPEAK IN
TOUNGUES:
a) Tongue the
initial sign Acts 2:4, Mark 16-17
b) They are
for spiritual edification I Cor
14:4, 2, 14
c) They remind
us of The Spirits Indwelling Presence Jn 14:16-17
d) Praying in
tongues is Praying in line with Gods Perfect Will Rom 8:26-27
e) Praying in
tongues stimulates faith Jud
20
f) Speaking
in Tongues ,A means of keeping free from Worldly contamination I Cor
14:28
g) Praying in
Tongues Enables Us to Pray For the Unknown
h) Tongues For
Giving Thanks I Cor 14:15-17
i) Speaking
in Tongues brings the Tongue Under Subjection Jam 3:8
J) THE
MANIFESTATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
I Cor 12:1 ICor 12:3 I Cor 12:31 ICor 14:1
What are the
three classes of the manifestation of the Spirit named in I Cor 12; 4-6 ?
Let us group the
following into the classes above:
Prophecy
Divers kinds of Tongues
Interpretation
of Tongues
Gifts of
Healings
Word of Wisdom,
Word of Knowledge Discerning of spirits
Special Faith
Working of
Miracles
They can be
grouped as follow:
Those that reveal something Word
of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Discerning of
spirits.
Those that do something Faith, working of miracles,
gifts of healings
Those that say something Prophecy, Divers kinds of
tongues, Interpretation of tongues
Definitions:
a) Word of Knowledge is
the supernatural revelation by the Holy Spirit of certain facts in the mind of
God facts about people, places, or things in the past or
present.
I Sam 10:22; 2
Kings 5:21-24; 2 Kings 6:8-12
b) Word of Wisdom is the supernatural
revelation by the Spirit of God concerning the divine purpose and plan in the
mind of God. The difference between this manifestation and the Word of
Knowledge is that the revelation by the Word of Knowledge brings is always
present tense or concerning something that has happened in the past. On the
other hand, the word of wisdom always speak of the future
Acts 9:10-16;
Acts 8:26-29; Gen6:13-18; Gen 19:29; Acts 11:28, 21:10-11; Acts 27:10.
23-24
c) Discerning of
spirits deals with spirits that exist in the spirit realm,
whether divine, satanic, or human. It discerns the spirit behind an operation.
Acts 16:17
d) Faith is a supernatural
manifestation of the Holy Spirit whereby a believer is empowered with special
faith or wonder-working faith, and is beyond simple saving faith.
e) Working of
Miracles is a supernatural
intervenmtion by God in the ordinary course of natureEx 8:16.
f) Prophecy a
supernatural utterance in a known tongue
g) Divers
kinds of tongue - a
supernatural utterance in a unknown tongue.
h) Interpretation of tongues it is not translation but a
supernatural showing forth of the spirit the meaning of an utterance in an
unknown tongue.
How can they manifest more
among us ? I Cor 14:1, 39; I Cor 12: 31
