Our Savior has bidden us to preach the Gospel to every creature (Mk. 16:15). He has not said, “Preach it only to the elect,” and though that might seem to be the most logical thing for us to do, yet since He has not been pleased to stamp the elect in their foreheads or put any distinctive mark upon them, it would be an impossible task for us to perform. When we preach the Gospel to every creature, the Gospel makes its own division, and Christ’s sheep hear His voice, and follow Him.
C.H. Spurgeon

Forums

Forum Navigation
You need to log in to create posts and topics.

Re: {THEOLOGY} Spiritual Gifts

Forum Archives
49,547 Posts
#1 · November 7, 2003, 7:28 pm

Posted by: billbolton <billbolton@...>

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:17:37 +0000, James wrote:

> Spiritual gifts may be something you have for a time -
> like the ability to speak a foreign language while in a
> foreign country in a certain situation.

I'm not aware of any scriptural basis for the concept that spritual
gifts are time-bound in any way. Where did you get that concept from?

While musical talent is probably not something *in itself* that would
be regared as a "spiritual gift", the ability to persevere in applying
it to the purpose of unifying the body of Christ and for the growth of
the Kingdomn of God on earth does fall well within the general nature
of the gifts described by Paul in 1 Cor 12, 1 Cor 12 and Eph 4 etc.

There is a body solid body of Christian teaching that supports the
proposition that there are many spiritual gifts, not limited to just
those explicitly mentioned by Paul. Dr. Lindsey Garmon has described
Spiritual gifts as...

God-given skills, abilities, and talents through which God’s
Spirit wishes to channel divine love, mercy, and power into
the lives of other people resulting in growth for the body of
Christ and glory for God!
http://www.theseeker.org/gifts/

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

Click for thumbs down.0Click for thumbs up.0