In this week’s sermon, we discuss the supernatural gifts of faith, healing, and miracles Christians receive from the Holy Spirit. We describe what each of these gifts are, as well as how we can ask for them and use them in our lives today. 
In this week’s sermon, we discuss the supernatural gifts of faith, healing, and miracles Christians receive from the Holy Spirit. We describe what each of these gifts are, as well as how we can ask for them and use them in our lives today.
Topics: Faith, Healing, Holy Spirit
"Thank you for this ministry! It has transformed my life in some really radical ways. God has broken down so many barriers and exposed so many lies that have taken some serious burdens from my heart. It has given me hope, freedom and purpose I never could have imagined possible."
– Jenny, from Wisconsin
Yes and Amen to all of that!! Praying that the light of heaven will open and the will of heaven will overwhelm the darkness over all of Minnesota,,, My birth state 😉 Let faith arise!! Thanks for that Word
When there are discussions or teaching on Spiritual gifts, most are concerned with the likes of this series eg healing, miracles, word of knowledge, prophecy etc and there is nothing wrong with this. However, in focussing on these aspects we can overlook both the giver and their purpose (the gifts) in the life of the believer.
We can come to see that without gifts there would be no justification, no forgiveness, no repentance, no Holy Spirit and no eternal life….but through the gift of grace flow purposefully these and many gifts,
Grace
Rom 5:15, “But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!”
Justification
Rom. 3:24, “they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus”
Forgiveness
Eph 1:7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
Repentance
Acts 11:18, “And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life.”
Holy Spirit
1Thes 4:8, “Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.”
Eternal Life
Rom 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Underpinning this work of God is Paul’s brilliant synopsis in Eph 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God— not because of works, lest any man should boast.” Or, as one commentator writes, “Whatever God does in redeeming His thankless world, it is nothing which is coming to man because he merits it, or to the creation because it demands it, but from God Who plans to give it. This delineates the nature of man’s evil, and self–concern, as it does the giving nature of God.”
Back in college while I was delivering packages for a living, I used to see a lot of interesting “bumper stickers” while on the road. One that seemed to be plastered everywhere and popped up frequently on a variety of vehicles was –
“Experience Pentecost”
& Be Filled with the Spirit!
This got me really thinking about the potential multiplicity of the event and whether or not one might occasionally need a “re-filling” or “top-up” like the gas in my delivery van. Most of us, whether solemnly Ecumenical or Snake-Waving Pentecostal, feel really “Jazzed” and “Spiritually Charged” after a good Sunday morning worship & prayer session, but by midweek, the flame of enthusiasm starts to flicker a little, potentially being starved of oxygen i.e. – “The Spirit”.
Sure, every moment, everyday we’ve got access to the Divine Love & Grace of our Savior –
“Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalms 37:4
“These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” – John 15:11
But what I’m talking about though, is that “Group Thing”, that communion of like minds where folks come together and Praise God for all He’s doing in their lives – that’s when the “real” filling seems to occur –
“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” – Matthew 18:20
One commentator suggests that the “Flow of the Spirit since Pentecost is continuous and unbroken and if churches or individuals are scant of that gift, it is not because it has not been bestowed therein, but because it has not been personally accepted.”
So, if you want to get the message out –
Pentecostal Bumper Stickers, Pentecostal Bumper Sticker
http://www.zazzle.com/pentecostal+bumperstickers
Veritas vos liberabit!