Gifts of the Spirit

Gifts of the Spirit - Many christians avoid the subject of faith healing and gifts of the spirit because they may have

no idea of the truth regarding these wonderful gifts. They are relevant only to the early church - they would say or 

only for saints. I become disheartened when hearing these things as knowing them to not be true. Faith as Jesus 

explained is like a mustard seed. I often say a flea has mastered the art of leaping to higher ground but we struggle.

What did Jesus say about those he healed, he said to the sick or the needy by your faith you are healed. He also 

admitted not being able to perform a lot of healing where he was from because a prophet is without honor in his own

town. So faith is not just the faith of the healer but the one being healed. We are faith builders but actually the believer has a part in the act. This gift has a duality of the person receiving and the person that is praying for the healing.

 Often the most desired gift healing however is not the most important, a holy man can open the gate-but only a 

shepherd can change their fate. The best gift one can give is the word of salvation - the Holy Spirit will anoint

the soul winner with words of knowledge, healing and prophecy to mention a few but the main objective is

salvation. We often hear of the gift of tongues which though can be thought of as a gift because it can be a

faith builder, as in the gift of interpretation of the message. Some will say in pentecostal churches this is a 

manifestation of the Holy Spirit. I agree but also would not be labeled as a pentecostal , since it is only a part

of the faith building process not as important as the gift of salvation.

 Later I would like to discuss acceptance of labels Catholic, Lutheran and Pentecostal to name a few . These 

labels often cause division not unity in christianity. What we should be calling ourselves is brothers and sisters

much like the nuns, monks and some of the faithful. We are not condemned for doing otherwise but is almost 

like calling a christian an ethnical slur to me. What is important is that all these gifts not  tempt us with spiritual pride or to be used for self profit because the main gift is salvation.