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Spiritual Gifts

George E. Rice ; Chesapeake Conference, NAD, SAD

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Spiritual gifts figure prominently in the writ¬ings of the apostle Paul. He not only lists some of them, but also clearly delineates their func¬tion: to build up the church. The gifts were not for personal enjoyment or aggrandize¬ment, but for the good of the body. Since these gifts existed in the early church, one could say that the Christian community was charis¬matic, though not in the sense usually given to the word today.
Paul taught that the gifts—including prophecy, teaching, apostleship, evangelism, speaking in tongues, and working of mira¬cles—were to be exercised by Christians from all walks of life. From his letter to the Corinthians it is evident that some misused them, especially that of speaking in tongues.
While in some quarters great significance is attached to speaking in tongues, the NT makes it clear that other gifts are more impor¬tant to the well-being of the church. Paul rec¬ommends the gift of prophecy as the most desirable. Therefore, a major portion of this article is given to a discussion of this gift.
A prophet is first of all one who speaks God’s message. A secondary aspect of the pro¬phetic task is to predict the future. The work of writing prophets may be included in the bibli¬cal canon. The work of oral prophets is no less prophetic, even if it is not written. In any case, the messages spoken or written by a prophet must harmonize with all of Scripture and serve to warn the world and edify believers.
From OT times there have been promises of special manifestations of the prophetic gift in the “last days.” In this light, a study of Ellen G. White’s exercise of the prophetic gift is undertaken.

Ključne riječi

Spiritual-Gifts; Church; Spirit-of-Prophecy; Ellen-White; Montanism; Pentecostalisam

Hrčak ID:

99974

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/99974

Datum izdavanja:

3.12.2003.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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