I was wondering from I Corinthians 12:4-11 and other related passages, what you think to these questions.<\/p>\n
As I studied these questions on my own I found that most commentators and books observed the “Passover” on them (meaning the passed right over them). Please give me any scriptural evidence you can with your answers.<\/p>\n\t
In I Corinthians 12:7-11, Paul wrote, “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.\u00a0 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.<\/em>“(NIV)\u00a0 That passage alone implies that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not distributed equally.\u00a0 In I Corinthians 14:1, Paul adds, “Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.<\/em>”\u00a0 This implies that it was possible to be granted more spiritual gifts than what was originally given.\u00a0 If one could be granted more, then that would imply that there is not a “one person, one gift” rule.<\/p>\n I’m not sure there is anything to be gained by determining if casting out demons is the same gift as healing.\u00a0 If it was the same gift, what would it prove?\u00a0 If it wasn’t, what would that prove?\u00a0 Given that there is nothing to be gained, I look at it as not being worthy of determining.<\/p>\n The biggest distinction that I know of between the gift the apostles had and everyone else is that the apostles could impart the gift to others.\u00a0 Acts 8 is the best example of that.\u00a0 Philip had the Spirit (verse 7), people were baptized and thereby saved (verse 12), but they could not be granted the Spirit until Peter and John arrived.\u00a0 If Philip could impart the Spirit, he could have saved Peter and John the trip.\u00a0 If having the miraculous gift of the Spirit was essential to salvation, then these people would have had no reason to rejoice until Peter and John arrived (verses 16-17).\u00a0 Therefore we can conclude that having the miraculous gift of the Spirit is not essential to salvation — which is the most significant point anyway.<\/p>\n Darrell Hamilton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I was wondering from I Corinthians 12:4-11 and other related passages, what you think to these questions. Did a Christian receive from the Holy Spirit only one spiritual gift or was it possible to receive more than one? In Acts 8:7, we read of Philip able to cast out demons and heal people. Is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[428,363],"class_list":["post-9120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit","tag-miracles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1734,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/must-you-speak-in-tongues-to-have-the-holy-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":0},"title":"Must you speak in tongues to have the Holy Spirit?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 24, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it true, as most Pentecostals say, that if you do not speak in tongues, you do not have the Holy Spirit? Answer: \"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: ... There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47927,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-philip-an-apostle\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":1},"title":"Was Philip an apostle?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: We have been studying the Bible about baptism. As we were searching through the Scriptures we came across this man called Philip, who was able to perform miracles and stuff. We all know those gifts were given to the apostles only and before anyone can even receive them, an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4892,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/miraculous-spiritual-gifts\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":2},"title":"Miraculous Spiritual Gifts","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew Bassford Many of you may well have had, as I have had, the experience of talking Bible with somebody who believes that the miraculous spiritual gifts of the first century continue today.\u00a0Let me be honest with you, brethren. It is difficult to find success in studies with such\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52796,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-mary-lead-prayers-did-people-receive-all-the-gifts-of-the-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":3},"title":"Did Mary lead prayers? Did people receive all the gifts of the Spirit?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Thank you for taking my questions. We were discussing the upper room Wednesday night. Acts 1:13-17 mentions that Mary, Jesus' mother, and other women were present. We were trying to determine if Mary herself was praying while all the people were there. I know some women prophesied back then.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44099,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/didnt-the-elders-pass-miraculous-gifts-to-timothy\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":4},"title":"Didn’t the elders pass miraculous gifts to Timothy?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read your answer:\u00a0What is the doctrine of laying on of hands?\u00a0and it really helped me understand how the gifts of the Holy Spirit were passed on. When I shared it with my Pentecostal friend, she agreed but pointed to the 1 Timothy 4:14 verse \"Do not neglect the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52981,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":9120,"position":5},"title":"The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Bassford 2)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford A couple of weeks ago, I found myself chatting with a friend online about a very familiar subject to me, the meaning of the phrase \"the gift of the Holy Spirit\" in Acts 2:38 and 10:45. I literally spent decades arguing the point with my father,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}