ACTS PART 5: THE OUTPOURING OF GOD’S SPIRIT AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS JOHN E BROWN I CORINTHIANS 12:4-13, 27-31; 14:1-9 May 27, 2018

 A review of the disciple’s experience in John chapter 20 and Acts chapter 2. o Acts 8:1-8, 12-18 o Acts 9:17 o Acts 10:38-48 o Acts 11:15-17 o Acts 19:1-6 o 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. 11 Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Luke 11:9-13 NASB

 There are varieties of spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit. o 4 One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church. 5 Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying. 6 But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching? 7 Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? I Corinthians 14:4-7 NASB

o 4 Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments (gifts, extraordinary powers distinguishing certain Christians, due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit) and they vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same. I Corinthians 12:4 AMPC

o There are three main categories of ‘grace gifts’ listed in the New Testament including those listed in I Corinthians 12:8-13 . 8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.12 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. I Corinthians 12:8-13 NASB . Biblical Listing Of Spiritual Gifts  Romans 12:3-6, I Corinthians 12:1-31; 14:1-40, I Peter 4:7-11  3 Categories of Gifts o Utterance: Tongues – Interpretation – prophecy o Revelation: Word of knowledge – Word of Wisdom – Discerning of Spirits o Power: Faith – Miracles – healing . There is also a listing of ‘ministry gifts’ that Jesus gives in Ephesians chapter 4. 8  Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE 9 GIFTS TO MEN.” (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:8-13 NASB

Five Fold Ministry Gifts  Five Fold Ministry Gifts Ephesians 4:7-13 o Apostle to govern wisdom oversight o Prophet to guide vision foresight o Evangelist to gather passion fixed sight o Pastor to guard perception peripheral protection sight o Teacher to ground provision insight  Apostles/Prophets o Apostles – specially sent messenger, not just the twelve . Romans 16:7 . Romans 16:7 – Andronicus and Junias . Paul and Barnabas – Acts 14:14-15 . Paul, Silvanus, Timothy – I Thessalonians 1:12, 2:6 . All the apostles – I Corinthians 15:5-8 o Apostles / Function . They plant churches (Acts 14:4-14) . They ordain elders (Acts 14:22, Titus 1:5-9, I Timothy 3:1-10, 5:17-22) o Examples . Apostle Paul/Peter . Prophet Agabus . Evangelist Phillip . Pastor Timothy . Teacher Aquila, Priscilla

The Revelation Gifts  Word of Knowledge o Supernatural revelation of facts or information (usually past or present) o Inward revelation (picture in your mind) . John 4:16-18 (word/picture) . Acts 9:10-12 (vision) . John 1:45-51 (picture) . Acts 27:22-26 (a word spoken o Words that are written or spelled out o A deep, strong impression . A “leaning,” a “holy hunch” o Vicarious experience of conditions . Symptoms/pains that aren’t yours . Posture (feeling/emotions) o Automatic mouth . A word that issues forth from your spirit to your tongue, not from the brain to the tongue.

 Word of Wisdom o The revelation of the purpose of God concerning people, things, or events in the future. How does it work? . In a vision (Acts 26;13-19) Paul . Dream/interpretation (Gen 41) Joseph . Audible Voice (Gen 6:13-22) Noah . Angelic ministry (Dan 9:20-23) Daniel . A word in your spirit – Luke 21:12-15 All believers * A word of wisdom may simply tell you what to do; how to apply a word of knowledge.

 Discerning of Spirits o Discerning of spirits gives supernatural insight into the spirit world. *Note this is not the “gift of discernment” but discerning of spirits. o The use of the gift binds a willful false prophet Acts 13:6-12 o The use of the gift frees an unwitting young girl Acts 16:16-18 o The gift is needed to expose and avoid error . I Timothy 4:1-2 . Revelation 16:14 . II Peter 2:1-2

The Power Gifts  Gift of Faith o A supernatural endowment whereby that which is uttered or desired by man or spoken by God shall eventually come to pass. . The gift of faith expects and receives a miracle.  Daniel – Daniel 6:16-17, 2:19-25  Elijah – I Kings 17:2-6  Isaac’s blessing – Genesis 27:27, Hebrews 11:20  Abraham – Romans 4:20 . This faith is a supernatural gift.  Not general faith – Romans 12:3  Not the fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22-23

 Working of Miracles o A demonstration of supernatural power by which the laws of nature are altered, suspended or controlled. o Examples of Miracles . Jesus walking on the water . Jesus changing water into wine . The widow’s oil and flour – I Kings 17:12-16 . Ananias and Sapphira – Acts 5:1-5 . Paul and Elymas – Acts 13:4-12 . Believers in the New Testament – Hebrews 2:1-4 . Phillip being “transported” - Acts 8:39-40 (See I Thessalonians 4:17) * The gift of faith receives a miracle, the working of miracles performs a miracle.

 Gift of Healings o The purpose of the gift of healings is to deliver the sick and to destroy the works of the devil in the human body. o Examples of healings . Jesus – Matthew 8:11-17, Matthew 9:35 . Peter and John – Acts 3:1-9 . Peter – Acts 3:14-16 . Phillip – Acts 8:5-8 . Paul – Acts 19:11-12 o Healings apart from the gifts . Mark 16:17-18 Those who believe . James 5:14-15 Prayer of faith . Mark 6:17, 13

Utterance Gifts (I Corinthians 14)  Prophecy: Supernatural utterance in your known language: present tense voice of the Lord. o Hebrew word: to flow forth; spring forth o Greek word: to speak for another . I Corinthians 14:1-19 – A guideline for the gift of tongues  Verses 1-2 – speaking in tongues is to God o No one understands o In his spirit or by the spirit he speaks mysteries o Speaking in Tongues: My conclusion is that tongues-speech is most often either the angelic dialects of heaven or linguistic expressions uniquely shaped by the Holy Spirit that display moderate resemblance to normal human language. Such “tongues- speech” has cognitive content, but is inaccessible to us apart from the gift of interpretation. Dr. Sam Storms Ph.D

 Verse 3 – the simple gift of prophecy o Edification – building up o Exhortation – stirring up o Consolation – cheering up  Verse 4 – Building up the believer and building up the church see Jude 20  Verse 5 – Paul desired for everyone to speak in tongues and prophesy  Verse 6 – Speaking in tongues publicly is not as valuable (it is God-directed) as speaking out of revelation, knowledge, prophecy or teaching  Verse 12 – If you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to edify the church. This can happen individually and privately as well as corporately.  Verse 13 – Pray that you may interpret your tongue.  Verse 14 – Praying in a tongue is praying in the Spirit. It is not a mental function; it is a Spirit empowered utterance. See Ephesians 6:18  Verse 15 – I will pray with the Spirit and with my mind. I will sing with the Spirit and with my mind also. I can and because I can I will. o “Clearly Paul believed that a spiritual experience which was beyond the grasp of his mind was yet profoundly profitable. He believed that it wasn’t absolutely necessary for an experience to be rationally cognitive for it to be spiritually beneficial and glorifying to God.” Dr. Sam Storms Ph.D  Verse 17 – Praying in tongues is a way of thanking God  Verse 18 – Paul thanks God that he speaks in tongues more than all the Corinthians.  Verse 19 – In public meetings he speaks in ways people can understand. His use of tongues was primarily in personal prayer and worship