Fit to Represent, Vision for Discipleship Seminar

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Spiritual Gifts Specifically Mentioned in the New Testament

Rev. Terry G. Cornett

Administration

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

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;

1 Cor. 12.28; Eph. 4.11

Apostleship

and/or

A gift unique to the founding of the Church age which included the reception of special revelation and uniquely binding leadership authority The ability to forego marriage, while remaining sexually pure, in order to devote one’s full attention to serving God and his Church 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 The passion and the ability to effectively proclaim the Gospel so that people understand it 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 The ability to build up a church through taking delight in the consistent, generous sharing of spiritual and physical resources The ability to exercise faith that results in restoring people to physical, emotional, and spiritual health Rom. 12.8 The ability to give encouragement or rebuke that helps others obey Christ 1 Cor. 12.9 Rom. 12.8 1 Cor. 12.9; 12.28 1 Cor. 7.7 1 Cor. 12.10 Eph. 4.11

Celibacy

Discernment

Evangelism

Exhortation

Faith

Giving

Healing

Interpretation

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