The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Today I wanted to talk a little about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, what they are and what they are not. 

In  I Corinthians 12:7–11 it give the list of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. Which are as follows:

• Word of wisdom

• Word of knowledge

• Faith

• Gifts of healing

• Working of miracles

• Prophecy

• Discerning of spirits

• Divers kinds of tongues

• Interpretation of tongues

It also says in Verse 7 that these gifts are given for the profit of all. 
These gifts are not earned, they are gifts from the Holy Spirit. These gifts are also not eternal, as some only last a season. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will give you a gift for one time only. They display the love of God for his Children, God gives these gifts for the edification* of the church and to unify the body Christ. The gift are to show God's Power and to glorify him. I Corinthians 14:12, I Peter 4:11

The gifts are not for the glorification of oneself they are for what the Bible said they are for. One gift isn't more important than another gift, as they all serve the same purpose. 

The word of wisdom – The fact that this gift is described as the “word” of wisdom indicates that it is one of the speaking gifts. This gift describes someone who can understand and speak forth biblical truth in such a way as to skillfully apply it to life situations with all discernment.**

The word of knowledge – Also a speaking gift that involves understanding truth with an insight that only comes by revelation from God. Those with the gift of knowledge understand the deep things of God and the mysteries of His Word.**


The Gifts of Faith- The gift of faith allows the person to live in full , unshakable faith, that builds the church. 
 The Gifts of healing-  The manifestation of God that delivers one from disease and or infirmity. 

The Gifts of Working of miracles - The manifestation of God implementing supernatural events or occurrences to demonstrate his power and glory, to build the church and strengthen faith.

The Gifts of Prophecy - “speak forth” or declare the divine will, to interpret the purposes of God, or to make known in any way the truth of God which is designed to influence people.**

The Gifts of Discerning of spirits - It is the Holy Spirit given ability to distinguish whether divine, demonic or humans are the source of the situation, being spoken or occurrence. 

The gift of Divers kinds of tongues- Speaking in an unknown language through the Holy Spirit. ( this is one of the most debated of all the gifts. nowhere in the Bible does it mention that the Holy Spirit ever talked with tongues.) 

The gift of Interpretation of tongues- This gift goes right along with Speaking in tongues as the Holy spirit Provides someone that can interpret what is being spoken. 

I hope you for found this helpful. Please check out my resources for quotes and definitions of the gifts.  I found the " institute of basic life principles" and " gotquestions.org" to be very helpful in providing some of the definitions I used, which are marked as **.


*Edification- the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually.