Gifts Of the Holy Spirit - part two
Post date: 03-Dec-2012 14:42:08
Note I said 10 Spiritual gifts and you might have answered "but there are only nine ?"
But note I said "Spiritual gifts" and not Holy Spirit gifts
When remembering spiritual gifts I must remember the Trinity
The One God , The Godhead
Father Son and Holy Spirit
Remember, Father Son and Holy Spirit
The Father gives
Romans 12:6-8
The Son gives
Ephesians 4:11 I Corinthians 12:28
The Holy Spirit gives
I Corinthians 12:7-11
Now with this lets draw a parallel between two scriptures
Luke 12:18
and
Genesis 41:49
What is the difference between these two scriptures ?
Both are storing grain ?
Both are building bigger storage ?
The first example represents someone who stores for themselves
The second represents someone having been given much and using their position to
store for times of need and hunger
So in the second example, what is being given is being stored for the benefit of others,
whereas the first is benefitting no one as we never know what tomorrow will bring
This can also be seen as "with the talents" Matthew 25:14-30
So someone who has been given might hoard and keep
Another might use what is given for the benefit of others and in so doing produce a crop
4 times over
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now before moving on lets have one more parallel
Now remember this was written by luke who was a Physician and educated man who
tended to place things together in order
so we have
Luke 18:18-23
and
Luke 19:1-9
Here again we have two people who are wealthy (rich) they have hoarded up much wealth
and again lets ask the question "what is the difference between these two people ?"
Now one had hoarded up for himself and the other ( who had his eyes opened - to receive
sight) said" “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I
have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Both scriptures are to do with the "heart" as the new testament takes things to the heart
(both rich but two different hearts - soil)
Now notice the scripture inbetween these two parallel stories ?
The first is the death of the "seed"
The second is the blind man receiving sight
The blind man receiving sight so that he might see the error of his ways and after dieing to himself
and having his eyes opened he might see to give "the gifts that God gives to others" then we move onto
the parable of the rich tax collector Zacchaeus
Also notice after this ? yes its Luke 19:11-27 which is Lukes testimony of the parable of the talents
also seen in Matthew 25:29
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so to put it into plain english .......
a. I hoard up .......its taken away
b. I give.........I receive
c. I am rich and wealthy ....tomorrow I die
d. I am rich and wealthy...but I give back..and receive
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1. The rich young ruler was blind...he had not received sight
2. Jesus dies
3. the blind receive sight
4. The Zacchaeus of this age gives back
The Father gives
Romans 12:6-8 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)]
The Son gives
Ephesians 4:11 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] I Corinthians 12:28
The Holy Spirit gives
I Corinthians 12:7-11
comes from God
1. you are right we must not communicate with the dead
2. we can however prophesy or have words of knowledge
so lets look a biblical example
regarding prophesy
Quote
Acts 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"
other examples 1 Kings 22:11 Isaiah 20:2 Jeremiah 13:1 Jeremiah 19:1
Jeremiah 19:11 1 Timothy 4:1
and so it goes on...in fact the entire bible is a prophetic book prophesying into the future about what will happen and prophesies being fulfilled all through
So some term prophesy as "teaching" and say "I prophesy"
This can be said of teaching the word of God
Now lets look at two more parallels between Abram and Job
firslty Abram
And we see that wealth and riches were associated with "title" and the blessings of having
a large family and health,
whilst working alongside these were possessions, live stock, land, houses,
The number of hired men, the number of servants
So we see that it was not "how much I have tied up in offshore accounts"
Or what savings I have in HSBC or the pension or value of my house
So when we look at Abram we see that he went to rescue his nephew lot from the armies
of the four kings Genesis 14 Now Abram recovered lot his nephew and the possessions
plus food and goods and people including women
search and refer to : Psalm 110,Study 4,The Son In The Father
Abram gives a tenth of these valuable things to Melchezidek
But to the king of sodom he gives all back
Because Abram did not want the riches of the world but rather the riches
that were in the promises of God
So all the things that were "seen" were destroyed by the four kings as in houses and homes
Those things which were of more value than money were also taken, including women and children
At the foot of sinia the people worshipped a calf valued at a higher cost than mere money
these were family heirlooms and items that were of sentimental value or to remember someone by
So we see that Abram chose the "Promises of God" over and above worldy riches