The 9 Gifts Compared
to the 9 Fruits
So many today seek the
Gifts without first acquiring the Fruit in their life. We must have the Fruit of
the Spirit at work, if we want God to entrust us with the Gifts of the
Spirit.
Gifts of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 12
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Fruits of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23
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- The Word of Wisdom supernaturally discloses
the mind, purpose, and the way of God as applied to a specific situation. If we
have the Wisdom of God, then we must have Love, for God is
Love. If you search for the first gift of the Spirit, you must possess
the first fruit of the Spirit.
- The Word of Knowledge is a supernatural
revelation of information about a specific thing and has to do with an immediate
need. Jesus gave instruction to His disciples so His Joy would remain in
them and be full. A Word of Knowledge will always be received with
Joy from His disciples, so we must first strive to have the fruit of
Joy in our lives.
- Faith
- is a
special outpouring of supernatural Faith for release of a miracle. Even a
small amount of Faith in our Father will bring Peace into our
lives. If we have the Peace that passes all understanding then we will be
ready for the Gift of Faith when the need arises. So seek first to have
the fruit of the Spirit: Peace.
- Healings
- are
those Healings that God performs supernaturally. If we are
Longsuffering, then we have learned to be content in any situation as
Paul was. He learned that in his weakness, Jesus strength was made perfect. So
if we can learn to be Longsuffering in all, then we will be able to
accept the supernatural Healing God has for us. Faith produces miracles,
but miracles do not necessarily produce faith, unless we know how to rejoice in
any situation. That we do not look for the Healing, but for the
relationship with God that will bring about the Healing.
- Working of Miracles
- is a manifestation of Divine power to perform something that could
not be done naturally. Jesus performed many Miracles because He had
compassion on the crowds and acted with Kindness. Without the Fruit of
Kindness, we would not be able to use the Gift how God would want us
to.
- Prophecy
- is a
supernatural disclosure, a sudden Spirit inspired insight that brings
exhortation to the body of Christ. Goodness means to have decency,
generosity, righteousness. To exhort and edify the body of Christ we must first
possess the virtues and values which are synonymous with Goodness.
- Discerning of Spirits
- is to detect the true spirit behind the acts and manifestations
taking place around us. It is used to further build Faithfulness on our
Lord and Savior. The fruit of Faithfulness is the foundation for being
true only to our Lord, and the acts of the Holy Spirit. We may then seek the
gift of Discerning of Spirits to further our perception of the workings of the
true Spirit of God.
- Different kinds of Tongues
- is praying or singing in a supernatural or heavenly language which
has a specific message associated with it. James tells us about the things from
above, that they are pure, peaceful, and Gentle. How can we seek the Gift
which will deliver a message to God’s people if we first do not seek fruit of
His likeness.
- Interpretation of tongues
- is translating the message of tongues so that the heavenly message may be given. Would you trust someone translating for you that put their own thoughts and words into your message. You would want someone of great Self Control to be true and accurate. How much more would our Father want someone of Self Control to translate His holy message to His people.
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