School of The Spirit Bible

Institute

(SOSBI)
The gifts of The
Holy Spirit
( gTh)
 The Gifts of The Holy Spirit (GTH)

OBJECTIVES
To bring students to the knowledge of the Holy Spirit.
To bring students to the knowledge of the purpose of
the gifts of the Holy Spirit
To bring students to the knowledge of the diversities
of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• Anchor Scripture : “(1Corinthians 12:1-14) “Now about spiritual gifts, I do not

want you to be ignorant.
Introduction: 
• Knowing that the Holy Spirit is God's gift to every believer, the gifts of the Holy
Spirit are God's love (love gifts) to the church. It is the intention of God the
father that man (you and I) will move (walk, live) in His CHARACTER
(LIKENESS) and POWER (IMAGE). So HE released the gifts to man through the
Holy Spirit
• Man does not use the Holy Spirit but the Holy Spirit occupies man, fills him and
uses that person according to his own will, time and situation.

• The Holy Ghost is always in control I Cor. 12:7. You are not to use this gift as you
like lest you grieve Him. He is not your servant. Some have misused the power
and when the power goes they start telling lies.

• The New Testament uses the Greek word charisma (plural, charismata) to speak
of the various gifts God has given by the Holy Spirit to Christians. Actually, the
word charisma has come into our English language to describe someone who
has a certain indefinable quality that attracts people to his personality.
We speak of certain well-known people as having charisma.
PURPOSE OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• To manifest the body of Christ on earth, I Cor. 12:12-14, 27. The church is
the body of Christ and all believers are members of that body. Christ is the
head of that body. Through the Holy Spirit Christ is manifested,
manifesting Himself through several believers so that they could go into all
the world to minister just like Christ ministered during His earthly ministry.
 
• For world evangelism. (Mk. 16:15-18). Heathens are more likely to
respond to supernatural manifestations which comes through the gifts of
the Spirit than pious sermonizing. The gifts help to authenticate the
Gospel.
 
• To edify the Church, (I Cor. 14:3, 12,26). For example, the gift of prophecy
is especially for the edification of the church.

• For the deliverance and protection of members of the body. Many of the
gifts help to demonstrate God's manifold power.
• For perfecting the Church (Eph. 4:11-14). At times, some
chosen vessels are used, e.g. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists
etc. Paul says that the purpose ofthese spiritual gifts is “for
the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the
building up of the body of Christ” (Eph.4:12). In other words,
God has given each of us a task to do, and supernatural
gifts to equip us for it.

• To help “unite” the body of Christ.

Just before listing the gifts in Ephesians 4:3–7, Apostle Paul
urges us to be diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.

||There is one body and one Spirit also.|| 

 What Our Attitude Should be Towards This Gifts.
• Humble yourself at His feet. (Matt. 5:5; 18:4; James 4: 10)
• Dedicate yourself continually. (Heb. 12:14; Ps. 51: 2,7)
• Live a godly life and avoid sin. (I John 3:8-10)
• And wait for His manifestation. (Acts 1:4)

||These gifts are for the edification of the church||

CLASSIFICATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT I

The nine ministering gifts of the Spirit enumerated in (I Cor. 12:8-10)
can generally be classified into three groups.

1. THE REVELATION GIFTS

This gifts include:
 Word of Wisdom.
 Word of Knowledge.
 Discerning of Spirits
2. THE POWER GIFTS
 Gift of Faith.
 Gift of Healing.
 Working of Miracles

3. THE VOICE GIFTS

 Prophecy
 Divers kinds of Tongues
 Interpretation of Tongues
These gifts are so classified for ease of study. The division is by
no means rigid. Very often, two or more gifts may be working in
a believer.
1. REVELATIONS GIFTS
These are gifts that expose something. The gift of revelation deals
with supernatural communication revealed through the Holy Spirit to
the heart of the one whom has received this gift.
 
o WORD OF WISDOM
Word of wisdom can be defined as the supernatural ability to see into
the PLAN and PURPOSE of God. It always has something to do with
future events, Quite a lot of word of wisdom is actually prophecy.
When God gives you a word of wisdom, He gives only a fragment, e.g.
Daniel when he prophesied on the future Persian, Grecian and Roman
empires which had not been born e.g. Stephen Acts 6:10. An
utterance from the Holy Spirit prophesying Gods Word to specific situation, e.g. (Acts 6:3,
1 Cor 12:8 ).
 
o WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
This can be defined as the supernatural ability to see into SITUATIONS and
CIRCUMSTANCES in the immediate past and present, e.g. Jesus saw Nathaniel
under a tree. Jn. 1:47-48; 2 Chr. 16:9. (Peter) Acts 5:9-10
o DISCERNING OF SPIRIT
Discerning of Spirit can be defined as the supernatural ability
to see into the spirit world and distinguish between what is of
the Spirit of God and that of Darkness. This should not be
confused with suspicion. Discerning of Spirit is accurate
diagnosis of what is happening in the spirit realm e.g. (Peter)
Acts 8:18-24, (Paul) Acts 13:8
 
 You know them by their fruits. Matt. 7:15-20. The devil can fake
the gifts but cannot fake the fruits.
 They always speak anxiety and worry whereas the Spirit of God
speaks peace. (Rom. 14:17).
 The devil is unclean so also is his spirit. Mk. 5:1-5. Evil spirits
cause false charges and condemnation, raises ugly thoughts and
imaginations, prophesying doom and producing fear.
2. POWER GIFTS
• Power gifts reveal God's ability. These are the gifts that do things.
Power gifts are mighty gifts in which the power of God appears so as
to manifest a miraculous answer through the ' supernatural creative
intervention. Power gift change people and their environment.
 
o GIFT OF FAITH
It enables you to place a demand on God's ability(Matt.21:21-22, Mk 9:23).
This is different from ordinary faith. This gift of faith is with certainty, like
locking a vice e.g. Daniel's survival in the lion's den; and Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego in the fiery furnace, Elijah and rain. It is God bringing to pass a
supernatural event needing no human effort.

o WORKING OF MIRACLE
Supernatural demonstration is signs and wonders e.g. Supernatural ability to alter
the law of nature. Also the division of the Red Sea by Moses through pointing of
his rod. Ex. 15:8. Works through a human agent e.g. Samson killing a lion.
o GIFT OF HEALINGS
This is a type of multiple gift. This is a supernatural ability to effect hearings
and cures. This gift is useful in advertising the Gospel. There are many diseases
and gifts for healing each particular kind of disease.
 

3. INSPIRATION "UTTERANCE" OR VOCAL GIFTS

These are the gifts that say something. Vocal gifts deals with supernatural
communication that the Holy Spirit of God reveals by using the human voice.

o PROPHECY
Supernatural ability to bring a message from God in a known tongue, i.e. It is inspired
utterance in a known tongue. This is the best gift according to Paul's rating, I Cor. 14: 1.

o GIFT OF TONGUES (SPEAKING AND INTERPRETATION)

This gift is dependent on tongues. (Prophecy, on the other hand does not depend on
tongues), This means that there can be no interpretation without tongues. Thus the
message in tongues can be long while interpretation is short and vice-versa.