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Originally Posted by freeatlast
1 Cor 12: 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
vs 11 tells us that God gives each one of us the "MANIFESTION" of his spirit in our lives in SEVERAL differnet ways
We seem to want to see only tongues as evidence of the spirit being manifest in a believers life.
In verse 18 Paul again instructs that the gifts are distubted to each but as HE WILL
18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
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I love it when someone uses this scripture!!!!! Notice, "
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good." here the Apostle Paul makes it very clear that there is "the manifestation" of "the spirit" that is given for the common good. In other words every believer will receive the same manifestation of the spirit. He then goes on to describe that after one has received the spirit (with the same manifestation as everyone else) that there are diverse giftings that are the result of one receiving the spirit. Many different gifts and different administration of those gifts.....one spirit and one common manifestation of that one spirit....with diverse gifts and operations as a result of having the one spirit.
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