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- PART 1
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-
- "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
- mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I
- know in part; then I shall know fully, even as
- I am fully known." 1 Corinthians
- 13:12
-
- "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and
- what we will be has not yet been made known.
- But we know that when he appears, we shall be
- like him, for we shall see him as he is." -1
- John 3:2
- SPIRITUAL GIFTS: PART 1
- [Have spiritual gifts stopped?]
- [Do we need one of the 12 apostles to
- lay hands on us to receive gifts?]
-
- Please answer the following questions on a
- separate sheet of paper. Write down your
- questions and doubts and mail them back to us
- so that we might "present everyone perfect" in
- Christ, [Colossians 1:28].
-
- ACTS 2:17-18
- [1] On whom did Peter say God would pour out
- His Holy Spirit? And do we live in the "last
- days"?
-
- [2] What will be some of the things that will
- take place when this happens?
-
- [3] So can we safely say, so far, that "dreams"
- and "visions" have not stopped?
-
- ACTS 2:39
- [4] The promise of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- is for whom?
-
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-7
- [5] Does God work His gifts in only the New
- Testament times? Or in a selected group of 12
- apostles?
-
- [6] It says here that "God" works these gifts
- in me, so do I need one of the 12 apostles to
- lay hands on me?
-
- [7] To "each one of us", what has been given?
- vs:7
-
- EPHESIANS 4:4-16
- [8] Does "grace" sometimes mean power and
- gifts?
-
- [9] As "Christ ascended on high" what did He
- leave behind in the church to insure our
- growth? See Ephesians 4:11-13, Acts 11:27, 13:1
- and 1 Corinthians 11:4-5
-
- 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27-31
- [10] What verses in Corinthians are the same as
- Ephesians 4:11-13?
-
- ACTS 8:14-17
- [11] Is it true that Simon called for Peter and
- John to come lay hands on them so they could
- receive the spiritual gifts? Or when Peter and
- John came down did they lay hands on them so
- they could receive the "Holy Spirit"?
-
- [12] In reality Peter and John came down not
- because they were "called", but because they
- had simply heard a that group of people had
- comes to believe in Jesus. Peter and John
- discovered that the Truth had not been taught
- correctly and so they did not receive the Holy
- Spirit. What was the mistake?
-
- JOHN 14:11
- [13] What topic is Jesus discussing? What are
- we to believe on?
-
- JOHN 14:12
- [14] For those who have faith in Jesus will be
- able to do what?
-
- [15] Does Jesus say this is for the 12 apostles
- or for "anyone"?
-
- LUKE 12:41-42
- [16] Is it not that the same wisdom, power and
- faith that the 12 had should be given to others
- who come to believe in Jesus?
-
- LUKE 9:1-2
- [17] How many are Jesus sending out here?
-
- LUKE 10:1-2 & :17
- [18] How many did Jesus send out here?
-
- [19] Did Jesus not say the faithful workers are
- few? Jesus is looking to empower others to do
- miraculous things.
-
- [20] Were the 72 able to cast out demons?
-
- [21] Therefore, can we safely say that Jesus
- will appoint more than 12 to have miraculous
- powers?
-
- MARK 9:38-40
- [22] This teaching and attitude that says only
- the 12 apostles can do miracles...does Jesus
- approve of it?
-
- [23] If someone is truly doing miracles in
- Jesus' name, are we permitted to stop them?
-
- [24] Would we be allowed by Jesus to stop
- someone from speaking in tongues? Read 1
- Corinthians 14:39.
-
- 1 CORINTHIANS 12:11
- [25] Who gives spiritual gifts? The apostles
- who lay on their hands or God?
-
- [26] Who determines who receives spiritual
- gifts? Is it determined by the physical hands
- of 12 apostles?
-
- 1 PETER 4:10
- [27] If God gives "grace" to all who come to
- Him, what else goes right along with the gift
- of grace?
-
- EPHESIANS 4:7-9
- [28] Is the same thought of "gifts" and "grace"
- communicated here?
-
- ROMANS 12:6
- [29] Again, with grace comes what? And grace
- certainly has not stopped.
-
- 2 CORINTHIANS 12:12
- [30] One of the gifts God appoints is apostles
- with the ability to do what? 1 Corinthians
- 12:28
-
- PHILIPPIANS 2:25, ROMANS 16:7, ACTS 14:14
- [31] The word "apostle" means "one sent out".
- In other words, a missionary. These men listed
- above we not of the original 12 nor did they
- have the hands of the 12 laid on them. How
- then could they do miracles?
-
- DID SPIRITUAL GIFTS STOP?
-
- 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8-13
- [32] If you say that miraculous gifts stopped
- what other gifts must we also say have
- stopped? To assume this one must say all gifts
- have stopped, i.e. teachers, evangelists, those
- able to help others and administration.
-
- [33] After reading the following passages
- explain what Paul means when he says we shall
- see "face to face". In short, what is the
- "perfect" that will come? 1 John 3:2,
- Colossians 3:1-4, 2 Corinthians 3:18
-
- This passage is not saying that when the
- "Bible" appears gifts will stop. The
- perfection that is coming, is Jesus! When we
- see Jesus "face to face" then we shall no
- longer need gifts. The Bible does not have a
- "face"! What we "know in part" is the living
- Word, i.e. Jesus. When we finally meet Him we
- shall see "him as he is". The only ones who
- say that the Bible is the perfection that was
- to come, or those who ministry is not the Holy
- Spirit. Their ministry is a ministry of dead
- ink, {2 Corinthians 3:3}. They are in deep
- need of repentance.
-
- LUKE 9:49-50
- [34] What is the point Jesus is teaching here?
-
- ACTS 11:17
- [35] Are you opposing God?!
-
- 1 CORINTHIANS 1:7
- [36] Can your church say this?
-
- Therefore let us be assured that spiritual
- gifts are very much for today. They are very
- much needed. They are needed to build OTHERS up
- in the Lord, {1 Peter 4:10}. So begin to obey
- 1 Corinthians 14:1 that says,
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- PART 2
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- SPIRITUAL GIFTS: PART 2
- "Now about spiritual gifts, brothers
- I do not want you to be ignorant."
- 1 Corinthians 12:1
-
- TONGUES
-
- Some say that unless you speak in tongues you
- have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit.
- Such teachings are nothing more than a worship
- of tongues. For scripture very clearly states
- that not everyone will receive the gift of
- tongues. For as scripture says;
-
- "We have different gifts, according to
- the grace given us." -Romans 12:6
-
- Answer the following questions:
-
- 1. Does this passage mean that to different
- people different gifts are given?
-
- 1 CORINTHIANS 12:7-11
- "To one there is given through the Spirit the..
- message of wisdom
- to another knowledge
- to another faith
- to another gifts of healing
- to another miraculous powers
- to another prophecy
- to another distinguishing between spirits
- to another tongues
- to another the interpretation of
- tongues...
-
- ...he gives them to each man,
- just as he determines."
-
- ANSWER
-
- {Now do not begin to say to yourself,"This only
- applies to the Body, when the church is
- gathered together". For we are apart of the
- Body of Christ whether we are gathered in a
- building or not.}
-
- Now we read in 1 Corinthians 12:27-28,
-
- "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one
- of you is a part of it. And in the church God
- has appointed first of all apostles, second
- prophets, third teachers, then workers of
- miracles, also those having gifts of healing,
- those able to help others, those with gifts of
- administration, and those speaking in different
- kinds of tongues."
-
- 2. Now answer the following questions posed
- to us in 1 Corinthians 12:29-30.
-
- "Are all apostles?"
-
- "Are all prophets?"
-
- "Are all teachers?"
-
- "Are all workers of miracles?"
-
- "Do all have gifts of healing?"
-
- "Do all interpret tongues?"
-
- Now in the same way you answered the questions
- above you should answer the next one.
-
- "Do all speak in tongues"?
-
- In summary scripture very clearly says,
-
- "We have different gifts, according to
- the grace given us." -Romans 12:6
-
- "PRAYER LANGUAGE"
-
- Now this unbiblical term "prayer language" is
- often used to justify that everyone should
- speak in tongues. In the first place there are
- some very strong warnings in scripture about
- making up words like "prayer language",
- see 1 Peter 4:11, Deuteronomy 12:32 etc..
-
- ROMANS 8:26 is not referring to a prayer
- language we have, but to the fact that as we
- pray to God the Spirit will "intercede" for
- us. Indeed, the scripture here very clearly
- says that we cannot possibly be speaking in
- tongues for..."words cannot express" what the
- Spirit is "groaning". Your mouth and vocal
- cords could not possibly begin to express what
- the Spirit is saying.
-
- This is the same way that a mother will explain
- to another person what her baby child is
- saying. The mother is not speaking through the
- child, but is interceding for the child. For
- we are all babies in Jesus and "do not know how
- to pray" but the Spirit "intercedes" for us.
-
- "I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES"
-
- When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 14:5 that,
- "I would like every one of you to speak in
- tongues", he is making the point that not every
- one does. That not everyone will speak in
- tongues for Paul had just made that clear in
- his letter to the Corinthians. We each have
- different gifts. Paul is just pointing out the
- obvious. That he would rejoice if everyone did
- speak in tongues, but not every one does or
- will.
- IN ACTS
- Still people like to say that in Acts, whenever
- the Holy Spirit was given, everyone spoke in
- tongues. That simply is not true. Tongues are
- only one of the manifestations of the Spirit
- given. Times tongues are mentioned:
- Acts 2:1-4, 10:46, 19:5-7
-
- Instead the Spirit comes mostly with*
- *Revealing the glory of God.
- Acts 2:11, 2:23-33, 5:12-13, 6:3, 7:55
- *Having everything in common.
- Acts 2:42-46, 4:32-35
- *Conviction and the revealing of sin.
- Acts 2:23, 2:37, 4:10, 7:51, 8:18-23
- *Power and courage.
- Acts 4:8-9, 4:29-31, 9:17-20, 5:9-10
-
- Scripture never declares that tongues were
- always given when the baptism of the Spirit
- comes. It just says that they "saw the
- evidence of". Which could mean any number of
- manifestations of the Spirit. What we see is
- that when the Spirit is poured out different
- things take place. In one place they spoke in
- tongues and praised God. While at other times
- they spoke in tongues and prophesied. For
- again, God gives as "he determines" and not as
- you try to make him do.
-
- "All these are the work of the one and the same
- Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as
- he determines." -1 Corinthians 12:11
-
- To say that God gives tongues or a "prayer
- language" to everyone would be to totally go
- against all of what scripture reveals. Indeed,
- there is no such thing as a "prayer language"
- mentioned in scripture. It is something that
- has come from the imagination of men.
- Pentecostals and other groups have missed the
- point that all who are water baptized have
- received the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
- {Acts 2:38}.
-
- BEING SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT
- The phenomena of "being slain in the Spirit" is
- very unbiblical and sinful. It opens up doors
- to the demonic world. Any time someone is
- knocked over and is unconscious of what is
- going on around them, it is not of God. In
- short, it is not of God any time someone passes
- out and cannot remember what took place during
- that time period. Such things are either of
- Satan or man. For God most clearly says,
- "The spirits of the prophets are
- subject to the control of the
- prophets." -1 Corinthians 14:32
- What God is saying is that He will never pour
- out His Spirit in such a way that a person
- loses control! No manifestation from God will
- so over-power a person that they can't help but
- speak in tongues or pass out. For...
-
- "...God is not a a God of disorder but
- of peace." -1 Corinthians 14:33
-
- There is deep need of repentance in the Body of
- Christ over this whole demonic realm of 'being
- slain in the Spirit'. For surely they cannot
- be serious that John 18:6 is referring to being
- slain in the Spirit?! Those were men who were
- coming to kill Jesus and were thrown down!
- Maybe they are right. They are coming to kill
- the Word of God by this belief and disorder and
- so God was knocking them down to tell them to
- wake up and repent!! Next time someone gets up
- from being slain in the Spirit say, "Good, now
- go and repent of your slaughter of the Word of
- God!"
-
- Surely, they don't mean that REVELATION 1:17 is
- what your congregation is experiencing. John
- was totally aware of what was going on. He is
- able to describe what he is seeing. Now if by
- "being slain in the Spirit" they mean they just
- saw a holy Jesus, then that, true Christians
- can accept. But passing out is a far cry from,
- "When I saw HIM, I fell at his feet as though
- dead."
- PROPER USE OF TONGUES
- 1. It is sinful to have everyone speaking in
- tongues at once. There is no such freedom
- allowed when the Body comes together.
- "If anyone speaks in a tongue, two-or at the
- most three-speak, one at a time, and someone
- must interpret." -1 Corinthians 14:27
-
- A. At any worship service at the most "three"
- people are allowed to speak in tongues.
-
- B. Someone must "interpret" that tongue.
-
- C. And it must be done "one at a time".
-
- Indeed, if no one can interpret the tongue the
- person must not speak in the church with
- tongues.
-
- "If there is no interpreter, the speaker should
- keep quiet in the church and speak to himself
- and God." -1 Corinthians 14:28
-
- I mean, think about it.
-
- What if you walked into a church and heard
- everyone singing a different hymn all at once?
-
- Or, what if you heard everyone reading a
- different scripture all at the same time?
-
- Would you not say they were crazy?! Yet you
- walk into church and you will hear many people
- speaking in tongues all at the same time. What
- sin and direct disobedience to God's Word.
-
- "So if the whole church comes together and
- everyone speaks in tongues, and some who do not
- understand or some unbelievers come in, will
- they not say that you are out of your mind?"
- - 1 Corinthians 14:23
- No wonder others look and say you are crazy.
- How you prove that God is not worth following.
- God is not glorified with such "praise". If
- you want to speak in tongues do it at home, see
- all of 1 Corinthians 14.
-
- Of course they will say you are "out of your
- mind" with total justification. For you are
- "ignorant" of spiritual gifts and how they are
- to be used. So the next time someone is
- praying don't be mumbling under your breath in
- tongues. Listen to what he is saying and then
- say 'Amen' when he is done. You are in sin
- when you speak in tongues without order and an
- interpreter.
-
- WE WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOU TEACH
- If you will not teach and live this then we
- will not listen to anything you teach! For God
- tells us to do this. We will ignore you.
-
- "If anyone thinks he is a prophet or
- spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that
- what I am writing to you is the Lord's
- command. If he ignores this, he himself will
- be ignored." -1 Corinthians 14:36-38
-
- Therefore:
- *Weep before God because you teach and
- practice being slain in the Spirit.
- *Repent of the idolatry and worship of
- tongues and of saying that everyone should
- have a prayer language.
- *Do not speak in tongues unless you have
- been given permission and there is an
- interpreter.
- *Find out what 1 Corinthians 11:10 means.
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