Band of Brothers - Why We Fight

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SIAFU Men's Conference, Band of Brothers: Why We Fight Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis, p.69

APPENDIX 65 Spiritual Gifts Specifically Mentioned in the New Testament Rev. Terry G. Cornett

1 Cor. 12.28 The ability to bring order to Church life.

Administration

The ability to establish new churches among the unreached, nurture them to maturity, and exercise the authority and wisdom necessary to see them permanently established and able to reproduce; and/or A gift unique to the founding of the Church age which included the reception of special revelation and uniquely binding leadership authority

1 Cor. 12.28; Eph. 4.11

Apostleship

1 Cor. 7.7 The ability to forego marriage, while remaining sexually pure, in order to devote one’s full attention to serving God and his Church

Celibacy

The ability to serve the Church through a Spirit-given ability to distinguish between God’s truth (his presence, working, and doctrine) and fleshly error or satanic counterfeits

1 Cor. 12.10

Discernment

The passion and the ability to effectively proclaim the Gospel so that people understand it

Eph. 4.11

Evangelism

Rom. 12.8 The ability to give encouragement or rebuke that helps others obey Christ

Exhortation

The ability to build up the Church through a unique ability to see the unrealized purposes of God and unwaveringly trust God to accomplish them

1 Cor. 12.9

Faith

Rom. 12.8 The ability to build up a church through taking delight in the consistent, generous sharing of spiritual and physical resources

Giving

1 Cor. 12.9; 12.28

The ability to exercise faith that results in restoring people to physical, emotional, and spiritual health

Healing

1 Cor. 12.10 The ability to explain the meaning of an ecstatic utterance so that the Church is edified

Interpretation

The ability to understand scriptural truth, through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, and speak it out to edify the body; and/or The supernatural revelation of the existence, or nature, of a person or thing which would not be known through natural means

1 Cor. 12.8

Knowledge