Friday, September 23, 2005

Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12.1 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. Do you know what spiritual gifts are? There is not a single passage that list all the spiritual gifts. There are many relevant passages that list many different gifts. But even when we put them together I don’t believe we have an exhaustive list. God may give other spiritual gifts that are not mentioned. But here is a list of spiritual gifts that I have found in the Bible. The gift of … 1. Administration 1 Cor. 12:28 2. Apostle Eph. 4:11; 1 Cor. 12:28 3. Celibacy 1 Cor. 7:7, 8 4. Craftsmanship Exodus 31.1-5 5. Discernment 1 Cor. 12:10 6. Evangelism Eph. 4:11 7. Exhortation Rom. 12:8 8. Faith 1 Cor. 12:8-10 9. Giving Rom. 12:8 10. Healing 1 Cor. 12:9,28,30 11. Helps 1 Cor. 12:28 12. Hospitality 1 Pet. 4:9,10 13. Knowledge 1 Cor. 12:8 14. Leadership Rom. 12:8 15. Mercy Rom. 12:8 16. Miracles 1 Cor. 12:10, 28 17. Missionary Eph. 3:6-8 18. Music 1 Corinthians 14.26 19. Pastor-teacher Eph. 4:11 20. Prophecy Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:10; Eph. 4:11 21. Service Rom. 12:7 22. Teaching Rom. 12:7; 1 Cor. 12:28; Eph. 4:11 23. Tongues 1 Cor. 12:10; 14:27-28 24. Interpretation of tongues 1 Cor. 12:10; 14:27,28 25. Wisdom 1 Cor. 12:8 I found 25 gifts in the Bible. There may be more – if you find more share them with me. It helps me to look at this list and pray "Lord, help me to know my gifts. Help me identify my talents and develop them." You cannot develop them if you don't know what they are. God doesn't want us to neglect our gifts and talents. He wants us to know what they are and use them.

2 comments:

George Welty said...

Jeff, why isn't Celibacy on the Spiritual Gifts Inventory?

Rooted in Him said...

Great list. Thank you for taking the time to complile it. I posted a link on my site.