A NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXT FOR UNDERTANDING SPIRITUAL GIFTS

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A NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXT FOR UNDERTANDING
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
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HOLY SPIRIT MANIFESTS HIMSELF PRINCIPALLY
THROUGHGIFTS AND FRUIT IN HIS PEOPLE

• 1Corinthians 124,7
• Galatians 522,23

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2. SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE NOT RESERVED FOR ONLY A
SELECT GROUP OF MATURE CHRISTIANS

• 1Corinthians 77
• 1Corinthians 124
• Ephesians 47

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3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IS AT THE
DISCRETION OF OUR TRINITARIAN GOD

• Romans 126
• 1Corinthians 124-6,11
• Ephesians 47,11

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4. THE PURPOSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IS ALWAYS FOR
THE GREATER GOOD

• Romans 111
• 1Corinthians 127
• 1Peter 410

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5. SPIRITUAL GIFTS ACT IN DIVERSITY WITHIN UNITY

• Romans 126
• 1Corinthians 17
• 1Corinthians 124

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6. THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAVING GRACE AND
SERVING GRACE

• Ephesians 25,8
• Ephesians 47,11

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7. SPIRITUAL GIFTS CAN BE NEGLECTED

• 1Timothy 414
• 2Timothy 16

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8. THE USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS ALWAYS HAS TO DO
WITH SIGNIFICANCE, NOT SELF-IMPORTANCE

• Romans 123
• 1Corinthians 141