Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Corinthians 12:7-11
by: Linda Harris.
This is only one list of the spiritual gifts (Romans 12:6-8; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Peter 4:10-11 provide other lists). The thing that strikes me about this list in 1 Corinthians is that Paul emphasized the role of the Holy Spirit in the exercising of the gifts. Spiritual gifts are supernatural manifestations. We may have natural talents in certain areas, but these are not spiritual gifts. We cannot determine which spiritual gifts we will receive, but we all have at least one. There may be spiritual gifts God has given you, but you haven’t discovered or developed them. Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you what your spiritual gifts might be.