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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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