March 4, 2025 First Tuesday

March 2025 | Discover the Gifts of the Spirit

From 1 Corinthians 12-14

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are for the of the , not the of the .

📖 1 Corinthians 12:1 ESV Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. (ignorant)

📖 1 Corinthians 12:2 ESV You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.

📖 1 Corinthians 12:4–7 ESV Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

The burning of the Holy Spirit is to Jesus.

📖 John 16:13–14 ESV When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

The of the Gifts:

📖 1 Corinthians 12:8–11 ESV For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

A. Gifts Provide supernatural :

1. Utterance of Wisdom – a supernatural over situations. (Luke 20:20-26)

2. Word of Knowledge – God gives outside of your . (John 1:47-48)

3. Discerning of Spirits – The ability to the from the . (Acts 16:16-18)

B. Gifts:

4. Faith – Supernatural to take great for Christ.

5. Healing – Bringing / to the / .

6. Miracles – to works.

C. Gifts.

7. Prophecy – To speak the of God over a .

8. Tongues – to in an or language.

9. Interpretation – to what is .

📖 1 Corinthians 14:39–40 ESV So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But all things should be done decently and in order.

📖 1 Corinthians 12:27–30 ESV Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

The of a : .

📖 1 Corinthians 12:31–13:8

The of the :

📖 1 Corinthians 14:1–2 ESV Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

A. The Church should the Gifts.

B. The Church should the Gifts to people.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:3 ESV On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:4 ESV The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:5 ESV Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

C. The gift of is a gift.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:12-13 ESV So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. 13 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:14-16 ESV For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. 16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?

📖 1 Corinthians 14:21–22 ESV In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” 22 Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.

📖 1 Corinthians 14:23 ESV If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

📖 1 Corinthians 14:24–25 ESV But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, 25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

Finally: The Gifts are an to be .

📖 1 Corinthians 14:29–32 ESV Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. 30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.