Granite Creek Community Church Sermons: Audio Podcast

We are on a journey through the Charismata, or gifts of the Holy Spirit. The word charisma, with a single exception (1 Peter 4:10), occurs in the New Testament only in the Pauline Epistles, and in the plural form denotes extraordinary gifts of the Spirit bestowed upon Christians to equip them for the service of the church. Various lists of the charismata are given (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11,28-30; compare Ephesians 4:7-12), none of which are exhaustive. Although "faith" (1 Corinthians 12:9), is an essential condition of all Christian life; some might be endowed with faith beyond their fellows. "Giving" and "mercy" (Romans 12:8) are among the practices of the Christian character; though some might possess them more than others. "Ministry" (Romans 12:7), i.e. service, is the function to which every Christian is called and the purpose to which every one of the special gifts is to be devoted (Ephesians 4:12). 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes th