God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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G O D T H E H O L Y S P I R I T

(2) Service gifts

(a) These are gifts that make God’s heart visible.

(b) Among these gifts are celibacy (which gives a person the opportunity to put their entire life at the service of those in need), giving, mercy, and service (which is also called ministering, or helping). (c) When these gifts are exercised people directly experience the love of God being put into action to meet their needs. Through these gifts they understand how much God cares for them. (a) These are gifts that make God’s supernatural presence visible. (b) These gifts include faith, healing, miracles, tongues and interpretation. (c) When these gifts are exercised people see the Devil defeated, the destructive effects of sin overcome, and the purposes of God accomplished against great odds. (d) These gifts make it clear that God is real and active in the world today. (a) These are gifts that make God’s purposes for a church visible and bring them to completion. (b) Administration and Leadership. The office gifts: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, elders, deacons (1 Cor. 12.28; Eph. 4; 1 Tim. 3.1-12). (c) When leadership gifts and offices are exercised, the Church is organized and equipped to fulfill its mission of proclaiming Jesus as Lord.

(3) Power gifts

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(4) Leadership gifts