The Spiritual Gifts
(
Class Notes
)
The Lord has provided His Church with
gifts
of
spiritual leaders
to equip His people in the Scriptures
for their ministry toward one another
(
Ephesians 4:7-12
cf.
II Timothy 3:16-17
):
Note that "the SIGNS of an apostle"
(
II Corinthians 12:12
)
ceased with the temporary setting aside of national Israel
(
Romans 11:11,25
)
- for it is "the Jews" who "require a SIGN"
(
I Corinthians 1:22
)
The
revelatory gifts
of
prophecy
and
knowledge
continued UNTIL the revelation of the mystery was made complete
(
I Corinthians 13:9-10
cf.
Colossians 1:24-27
)
by having been made fully known through the preaching of the Apostle Paul
(
I Corinthians 13:12
cf.
II Timothy 4:17
;
Romans 16:25
)
The
gift
of
tongues
(
I Corinthians 13:11
)
was a
sign
of coming
judgment
to the Jews
(
I Corinthians 14:21-22
cf.
Isaiah 28:11-13
)
who were God's sign people from the beginning of their history as a nation
(
I Corinthians 1:22
cf.
Exodus 4:8
):
This sign gift ceased
(
I Corinthians 13:8
)
WHEN God concluded His sign people (Israel) in unbelief
(
Acts 28:25-28
)
Note that during the
signless
(
II Corinthians 5:7
cp.
Matthew 10:5-8
;
Mark 16:17,20
)
Gentile dispensation of
grace
(
Ephesians 3:1-2
)
- the best gifts
(
I Corinthians 12:31
cf.
I Corinthians 13:13
)
are cultivated by the individual
gifts
of
grace
(
Romans 12:6-8
),
so that the individual body members "
truthing
in
love
" may experience together the edification which comes from their Head
(
Ephesians 4:15-16
):
Note that the gift of prophecy only continued UNTIL the revelation of the mystery was made complete
(
I Corinthians 13:9-10
cf.
Colossians 1:24-27
)
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