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38
Spiritual
Gifts
*** How did
God communicate with man in the Eden?
“And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where
art thou?” Gen. 3:9.
*** Since the
fall, how has God made known His will?
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time
past unto the fathers by the prophets.” Heb. 1:1.
*** What was
the object of speaking “by the prophets?”
“Surely the Lord God will do nothing but He revealeth His
secret unto His servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7.
*** By what
influence did the prophets reveal God’s will?
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. ” 2 Peter 1:21 (2 Sam. 23:2).
*** Then what
may the gift of prophecy be called?
A gift of the Holy Spirit, or a spiritual gift.
*** What was
said regarding the words of God’s prophets?
“If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself
known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.” Num. 12:6.
*** How were
the Lord’s words preserved to the people?
“Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he
wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.” Dan. 7:1 (Jer. 51:60, 61).
*** What had
these writings to do with the people’s understanding future events?
“I Daniel understood by books the number of the years,
whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that He would
accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” Dan.9:2.
*** How did
God’s ministers use the words of the prophets in exhorting the people to
obedience?
“Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former
prophets, when
Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity?” Zech. 7:7 (2 Chron. 20:20).
*** How were.
people to know whether or not the words of prophets were from the Lord?
“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing
follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath
not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not
be afraid of him.” Deut. 18:22.
*** What was
considered a still better test on this point?
“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and
giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass,
whereof he spake unto thee, saying Let us go after other gods, which
thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto
the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your
God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul.” Deut. 13:1-3.
*** What was
predicted concerning the spirit of prophecy in the last days?
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My
Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see
visions.” Joel 2:28.
*** When did
this prediction commence to be fulfilled?
“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it
shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My
Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams.” Acts 2:16, 17.
*** To whom
was this promise to extend?
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized everyone of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call.” Acts 2:38, 39.
*** What
relation should the Christian church sustain toward these spiritual gifts?
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have
you ignorant.” 1 Cor. 12:1.
*** What is
the object of these gifts?
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal.” 1 Cor. 12:7.
*** What are
some of these gifts?
“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom;... to
another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the
same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of Spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to
another the interpretation of tongues.” 1 Cor. 12:8-10.
*** Which one
of these does the apostle say is especially desirable?
“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may
prophesy.” 1 Cor. 14:1.
*** Whom was
this gift designed to benefit?
“Prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them
which believe.” 1 Cor. 14:22.
*** What
effect is the exercise of these gifts to have upon the church?
“And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ.” Eph. 4:11-13.
*** Where did
God place these gifts?
“And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings,
helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” 1 Cor. 12:28.
*** Who came
down from Judea to Ceasarea while Paul was there?
“And as we tarried there many days, there came down from
Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.” Acts 21:10.
*** What did
he do as soon as he saw the apostle?
“And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound
his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the
Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth
this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.” Acts 21:11.
*** At a later
period, what did Paul say these trials had wrought?
“But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things
which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the
gospel.” Phil. 1:12.
*** How long
was it designed that these gifts should last?
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that
which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done
away.” 1 Cor.13:9, 10.
*** What
admonition does Paul give respecting the gift of Prophecy?
“Despise not prophesyings.” 1 Thess. 5:20.
*** What is
the “testimony of Jesus?”
“The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Rev. 19:10.
*** Why is it
necessary for the church now to have confirmed in it the testimony of
Christ?
“Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that
ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.” 1 Cor. 1:6, 7.
*** What will
characterize the last, or “remnant,” church?
“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments
of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Rev. 12:17.
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