Spiritual Gifts
Introduction This essay will show the meaning of spiritual gifts, which are supernatural gifts that God has blessed Christians with. These gifts can be used for the purpose of everyday life, edification of gifts, and to usage and development of spiritual gifts. When individual obtain spiritual gifts there are steps Christian need to fully explore in each gift that they may have. The Bible speaks on twenty-three gifts but this paper will speak on the ministerial gifts of faith, healing, prophecy, knowledge and understanding, and the interpretation of the tongue . Spiritual gift is a Greek word used in relation (relation to what). A spiritual gift is charisma meaning a free and undeserved gift, unmerited favor. Spiritual gifts are not natural talents, but are special Spirit empowered abilities for service to the body of Christ. A spiritual gift is a God-given capacity through which the Holy Spirit supernaturally ministers to the body through the channel of the spirit of God; who supernaturally touches the lives of other people. Spiritual gifts are characteristics of Jesus Christ that are to be manifest through the body corporate just as they were manifested through the body Incarnate. The spiritual gifts as defined in 1 Cor 12, enable an individual to witness to others as to the validity of Christ by means of supernatural workings in ways that could only be done by Christ. Christ commands us to continue witnessing for Him; spiritual gifts are ways that ministers can continue to witness. This is one thing we see with Christ as he ministered here on earth (Acts 2:22). All throughout Christ’s ministry he went about performing miracles, healings, demonstrating faith, prophesying, and discerning spirits. This was a great testament and authentication of the validity of his ministry. Furthermore, many gifts followed the apostles with their ministry as well.