Ascension Gifts (4) - Not Spiritual Gifts
The word used for gift in Ephesians 4 (doma) is not the same as the spiritual gifts (charismata) used in 1 Cor 12. If these gifts Ephesians gifts are not something given by the Spirit, they must be something that we already have. This suggests that the the gifts are personality traits with which we are born. Some people are born seeing things in black and white (prophetic). Some people are born with this urge to push the boundaries and break new ground (apostlic). You have to be born with a love for people and a compassionate heart to be an effective pastor. Some people are just born with the gift of relating to new people in all situations (evangelist).
Life experience and the work of the Spirit may extenuate these giftings, but it is hard to see how this can happen, if the gifting is not already there. These personality types have to be anointed by the Spirit and shaped to manifest his fruit, but it is hard to move in one of these roles, if you do not have the appropriate personality.
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This is pretty good teaching. Thanks. I wanted to repost it for all my Apostle and Prophet friends, but choking on meat is a rough way to go.
"...Some people are born seeing things in black and white (prophetic)..."
Neat insight; where did you glean it from? I ask because I see things in black and white (to the chagrin of many), and have been right on many of my projections about the U.S. economy. After sharing my thoughts and hearing them rejected (again!), I often invoke to myself Matt. 13:57, 'A prophet is not without honor, except in his own house and in his own country.'
Thanks!
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