![]() But no Christian today has the gifts of healings. God may still heal directly and miraculously today in response to the faithful prayers of His children. 10:1), the seventy (Luke 10:1), and some associates of the apostles such as Philip (Acts 8:5–7). The word healing also is plural in the Greek (iamaton), emphasizing the many kinds of afflictions that need healing. And since all these gifts were in operation then, the sign gifts are not placed in a separate category. The gifts of healing were the first temporary sign gifts Paul mentions in this passage. THE GIFTS OF HEALINGSAgain it is interesting to note that gifts here is plural, supporting what has been said in chapter 29: namely, that Paul is speaking of categories of giftedness in which there may be great variety. We can define them only generally by the terms used in Scripture. As we have mentioned, because of their uniqueness in the lives and ministries of the millions of Christians, the gifts are not narrowly defined. His point is to illustrate the variety in kinds of gifts and to emphasize the common source of the gifts, each of which is given for “the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good” (v. The apostle does not here explain the functions of the particular gifts. ![]() This list includes both permanent and temporary gifts, and is only representative of the varieties, as seen from the fact that additional gifts are mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament, including in verse 28 of this chapter (see also Rom. ![]() In the present passage Paul mentions some of those gifts that illustrate the “varieties” he spoke of in verse 4. The purpose of temporary sign gifts was to authenticate the apostolic message as the Word of God, until the time when the Scriptures, His written Word, were completed and became self–authenticating. Those gifts included miracles, healing, languages, and the interpretation of languages. ![]() The temporary sign gifts were limited to the apostolic age and therefore ceased after that time. Those gifts include first the speaking or verbal gifts-prophecy, knowledge, wisdom, teaching, and exhortation, and, second, the serving or nonverbal gifts-leadership, helps, giving, mercy, faith, and discernment. God will continue to give the permanent gifts to believers for the duration of the church age, and those gifts are to be ministered by His people at all times in the life of the church. (12:8–11)A thorough examination will yield the truth that spiritual gifts fill two major purposes: the permanent gifts edify the church and the temporary gifts are signs to confirm the Word of God. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. ![]() The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:8-9.įor to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. ![]()
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