Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.
I am your host, David Friend. We're continuing
our series on the Holy Spirit, and today's podcast
is entitled, The Nine Power Gifts of the Holy
Spirit. We're going to cover these topics. What
are the gifts of the Spirit that are commonly
referred to as the nine power gifts of the Holy
Spirit? How do we receive them, and what do these
power gifts do for us and for others. Does the
Holy Spirit give these nine gifts to every Christian?
We're going to today build a platform that I
believe is so crucial to understanding the nine
power gifts of the Holy Spirit. So, before we
do that though, we need to go to the Lord in
prayer. Heavenly Father, once again I give you
praise and glory and honor for who you are. I
thank you for bringing this podcast together.
I thank you for being with us each and every
day when we talk to you, when we pray, when we
seek you, when we read your word. And so I invite
now the Holy Spirit to come in and take control.
I surrender all that I've done to prepare. I
pray that you would bless this podcast, that
you would anoint it, because when the anointing
of the Holy Spirit comes down, there's absolutely
no limit to the that will be received by followers
of Jesus Christ. So bless those who are listening
in. May they open up their hearts to receive
what you have for each and every one of us. We'll
be careful to give you praise and glory for it.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Well, the best advice
I think that I can give you about understanding
the gifts of the Spirit is to read and study
the teaching of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians
chapters 12, 13, and 14. So those are powerful.
I'm not going to read all of them on this podcast.
That would not be of any value because you can
always read it on your own. But the important
thing to understand is that Paul was anointed,
filled with power. The Holy Spirit touched him
as he wrote so many incredible words in the Word
of God. I'd like to suggest that if you have
never studied Paul's Holy Spirit -led scriptures,
that I strongly suggest that you do that as soon
as possible. I suggest that anyone who desires
to teach others about the gifts of the Spirit
use Paul's lessons. So, crucial, once again,
it's chapters 12, 13, and 14 in 1 Corinthians.
I don't know what translation you use. I go back
and forth from the New International Version
and the New Living Translation. Some are using
the message. Bible a lot today. Whatever speaks
to you and blesses you, that's something that
you need to take a part of. So we're going to
get into just a little bit of the scriptures
this morning to kind of lay a foundation for
what Paul wants to tell us. This podcast is an
introduction to the nine power gifts of the Holy
Spirit. We'll cover all of these power gifts
individually and specific information that the
Lord gives us over the next few podcasts. But
for now, I want to focus on what Paul had say
in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verses 7 through
11. I'm going to read those to you right now.
The Apostle Paul was speaking to the church in
Corinth and these people needed some help to
understanding the gifts of the Spirit and how
the Holy Spirit operates. There's a lot of other
topics he addressed but he covers it so well
in these chapters. So in 1st Corinthians chapter
12 verse number 7, here's his writing, the spiritual
gift is given to each of us so that we can help
each other. Listen to that, he's that a spiritual
gift is given to each of us so we can help each
other. I think that's so important to just stop
there for a second and think. A lot of people
want to approach the gifts of the Spirit because
what they can get from them and they can receive
power from them. And some of that's okay, but
bottom line, God is telling through the Holy
Spirit, Paul, to warn people that the spiritual
gift is given to us so that we can help each
other. See, we'll be blessed and we'll be a blessing
to other people. In verse number eight, says
to one person the Spirit gives the ability to
give wise advice or that's known as wisdom to
another the same spirit gives a message of special
knowledge the same spirit gives great faith it
doesn't say just faith it says great faith and
we'll talk about that when we get on the subject
of the gift of faith to another and to someone
else it says the Holy Spirit gives the gift of
healing he gives one person the power to perform
miracles and another the ability to prophesy
he gives someone else the ability to discern
whether a message is from the Spirit or from…
another spirit. You see, he's saying, it either
comes from the Spirit of God or it comes from
another source. And if it comes from another
source, you see, the Holy Spirit is going to
give us the ability to discern where the message
is coming from. And that is so important when
we're sharing our faith with others and we're
praying with people and talking to Christians
and non -believers and trying to understand where
they are spiritually and the Holy Spirit can
help us there. It says, still another person
is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,
while another is given the ability to interpret
what is being said. Now, those are all the nine
power gifts. And like I said, in this particular
podcast, we're trying to lay a foundation, not
get into specific spiritual gifts. And in verse
11, it says here, it is the one and only spirit
who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides
which gift each person should have. Now, as we're
going through the series on the Holy Spirit and
the gifts, I think from time to time, I'm going
to be reading this scripture because we need
to remember the foundation. This is telling us,
Paul's telling us what the power gifts are and
then he says how they come and who has the authority
to give us those gifts. So that's a crucial importance
to understand when we get into understanding
the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit. Let
me take you on a little journey as to what my
wife and I went through when we became Christians.
You know, when we received Jesus Christ as our
Lord and Savior, we just wanted to get so much
of what God, everything that God had for us,
we wanted to know about it. So we decided to
research and get into it. When we became Christians,
we could not get enough of the Word of God. We
just simply wanted it in our mind and our heart
every single moment of every day. Just couldn't
put the Word of God down. We also attended church
three to four times a week. Yeah, that was in
the days when you'd go to church Sunday morning,
you'd go Sunday night, you'd go Wednesday night,
you'd go Saturday morning for soul winning. You
did at least three or four services every single
week. And quite frankly, we loved them all. We
took our family there, our kids went with us,
and it was just an amazing time of growth. And
I think a lot of churches have gotten away from
that. And I think it's hurt a lot of people in
growing in their walk with God, especially when
they first become followers. of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Because of our hunger to learn more about
the Bible, we discovered Paul's teachings in
1 Corinthians, chapters like I said before, chapter
12, chapter 13, chapter 14. Our Bible study teacher,
who is a wonderful woman, just a powerful teacher,
she emphasize Paul's teaching so much, and especially
when we got into talking about the operation
of the Holy Spirit in our lives. So in order
to better understand the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
we joined Bible classes taught by the pastor's
wife and other mature Christians who followed
Paul's teaching. Now that's important. You know,
when you sit underneath a person and they're
teaching from some other person, you might want
to know their source of their teaching. If they're
using the Word of God, that's wonderful, but
sometimes the Word of God is misinterpreted and
sometimes it's spoken of in a way that can become
confusing. So be very careful in who you sit
under and who you receive your teaching from.
This is really, really a good place to ask you
to research the source of your teaching and who
you read from and who you listen to when it comes
to understand these various gifts of the Spirit.
My recommendations would be I thoroughly enjoy
Pastor Jack Hayford's teachings on the Holy Spirit.
He was a powerful man of God and had an incredible
church in California and was so knowledgeable
in his teaching and highly recognized by most
peoples in the Assemblies of God or the Church
of God or the Pentecostal churches of the day.
Another fellow that I read, and to this day I
read both of these guys, Jack Hayford's one of
them, Smith Wigglesworth is someone who likes
to read. Now, Smith Wigglesworth was a man back
in the 1800s who was filled with the Holy Spirit,
became a great preacher, became a man operating
in miracles. and healings and had an incredible
life of going on praying for people and is accredited
with praying for I think somewhere around 40
people who passed away and he prayed for them
and they came back to life. Now, I don't want
to scare anybody off, but these are supposed
to be documented cases in hospitals, examples
where it was certified that yes, this person
had been deceased and then Smith Wigglesworth
and his team came in and prayed for them and
that person, eyes will open back up again. and
they came back to life. Now, pretty powerful
and you got to believe that it's real and it's
possible because that's what Jesus did and Jesus
said that we would be able to do great works
that he did and even greater works than he did.
Now, I would encourage you to speak to your pastor
or a Christian person that you have confidence
in for help as to who you should listen to. Some
say today, some are teaching today that the gifts
no longer operate, that the gifts of tongues
interpretation, gifts of prophecy and healings
and miracles and all those things. If they're
gone, that disappeared when Jesus left the earth.
Well, that's just not true. Those are alive and
well today, and they're operating. The Bible
tells us that God is the same yesterday, today,
and forever. And I can tell you as a man who
has been involved in ministry now for over 50
years, and all the years that I've had to speak
with people, to counsel people, and to teach
and instruct, I see the gifts of the Spirit operating
in the church today. I see it operating in...
prayer meetings. I know in my own personal life
I've had many times that we've prayed for people
and great healings have taken place. So we've
got to remember the Spiritus God is moving. He
hasn't changed one bit. And if man says that
those gifts are not operating, then they're truly
not basing that on anything that's scriptural.
So be careful. To go back a little in our history,
the church that we attended was an assembly of
God church. They often taught about the Holy
Spirit and the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Let me remind you that the nine power gifts are
wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles,
prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, and
interpretation of tongues. These are the nine
power gifts. That's why they refer to them, because
they are beyond like the gifts that the Holy
Spirit gives, which is the fruit of the Spirit,
which is love, peace, joy, patience, goodness,
kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self -control.
Those are also gifts from the Holy Spirit, but
those are not classified as the power gifts.
These power gifts make massive changes in other
people's lives. The fruit of the Spirit makes
a change in our life. The fruit of the Spirit
and the gifts of the Spirit that come in for
love, joy, peace, patience and goodness and all
those things, those change us. And I know So
by us changing, it makes an impact on other people.
But the power gifts are gifts that have an impact
on others, healings and miracles and prophecy
and those things that are so vital to the church
operating today in this difficult sinful world
that we live in. All of these gifts are supernatural
gifts. When operating according to the Holy Spirit's
leading, these gifts glorify God. They always
glorify God. They don't tear down other people.
They're not destructive. They build people's
faith and they always glorify God the Father.
Now in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 11,
I read the answer to a couple of questions that
I've mentioned in my outline of what we will
cover in this particular podcast. Let's read
it again, that scripture, 1st Corinthians chapter
12 verse 11. In the New Living Translation, Paul
wrote these words, it is the one and only Spirit
who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides
which gift each person should have. Now, when
we receive these gifts, the Holy Spirit is the
one who gives them to us, right? He's our source.
I have never met anyone who operates in all of
the nine power gifts. However, I believe it could
be possible. Personally, the Holy Spirit has
given my wife and I several of these gifts. The
gifts of tongues, interpretation of tongues,
of prophecy, of gift of healings, and miracles,
and discerning of other spirits. There's been
times that I've walked up to people, went to
pray with them, and you could just sense all
over them that they had a terrible spirit, an
evil spirit in them. And I would start to pray
over them, and the Holy Spirit would warn me,
don't touch them, don't lay hands on them, just
speak to them. and take authority over that situation.
And I've had to stop my prayer and just say,
before we pray, we need to just take authority
over what's taking place here. And I would say,
in the name of Jesus, that evil spirit that you're
struggling with, I sense it, I know it's real,
but may it be right now removed from your body,
soul, and spirit. We reject it, take authority
over it in the name of Jesus, and we cast it
out in Jesus' name. And we've seen people's faces
just light up, and all of a sudden, the power
of God is, all over them and they experience
the freedom now that they had and they'll say,
I just feel so at peace now. I feel so much freedom.
That was when the Holy Spirit worked in my wife
and I and showed us that there was an evil spirit
in this person and to use caution when you're
dealing with them. So that's just one point.
We'll get into that more in upcoming podcasts.
But there were times when I prayed for people.
I remember when I was a young man, brand new
Christian, and the pastor was up front and he
was praying for a little boy, a little four -year
-old boy. I was a brand new Christian. I was
25 years old and all excited about the things
of God, reading about the power of God and all
the things that I wanted to take place in my
life. And the pastor was praying for this young
man, but he didn't say what it was for, what
it was about. He said, we just prayed for his
surgery and that things will work well and we
ask it in Jesus' name. And so as soon as I looked
at the little boy, the Lord showed me a picture
in my mind that this little boy had a kidney
that was dying, that had dried up. There was
no blood flowing through. and it had totally
dried up, and that they wanted to remove that.
And so I said, Father, in the name of Jesus,
I speak healing, claim healing for this little
boy right now, that he be healed in Jesus' name.
It was simple, something like that. And I walked
up to the pastor after church, and I said, Pastor,
I'm new here to the church, but I want to tell
you what took place. And I explained to him that
I was reaching out to pray for this little boy,
and I felt the power of God come upon me. And
I believe that that little boy was healed, and
that his kidney is healed. And the pastor said,
did anyone tell you it was a kidney problem?"
I said, no, the Holy Spirit is the one that told
me. And I said, he said, well that is the problem,
it's his kidney, they're going to remove his
kidney. And I said, well I believe it's been
healed and they won't have to remove that kidney.
And so because I believe God moved and manifested
the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ came
over that little boy and he was healed. So the
pastor said, well I'll be back in church on Wednesday
so come back and we'll see how it went. So on
Wednesday we went to church and as church started
the pastor asked the man to come forward with
his little boy and tell him what took place.
The father of this little boy said, yeah, we
went in to have the kidney removed, as you know,
we were praying for. Of course, I didn't know
that's what they were praying for. And he said,
but when we got there, the doctor did an x -ray
and said, what did you do? And he said, well,
I did nothing. We just prayed for him. And the
doctor said, well, his kidney function is perfect.
His kidney is completely functioning normal now.
Everything that we can see about the kidney,
all that stuff that was a problem, it's now been
removed and he's healed. and we don't have to
remove that kidney. Now that was it. amazing
when I heard him say that and my wife and I were
looking at each other and we just said, look
what God did, look what God did. God healed him
and we were blessed to be a part to pray and
I believe the gift of healing came forth and
after that I had a number of times when I would
pray for people and pray and claim healings and
say, you're healed in Jesus' name and I would
even tell them, I know that you've been healed.
One time it was a person who had diabetes for
many, many years and I said, God just healed
you of diabetes. There's no doubt in my mind
that he did. Go to the doctor and get it confirmed
and she did. and she was healed and it was completely
removed from her and the diabetes was gone. There
have been other times in surgeries and things
where we prayed and God did creative miracles.
So we know that we know that we know that God
used us. Now I'm not saying this to boast and
brag and act like I'm someone special. The power
of God moved but it was the Holy Spirit that
gave us that gift to pray for people and the
gift of healing and the gift of miracles, to
see miracles take place. Those were things that
we've seen manifested in our own life and you
can have them in your life too if you seek God,
you follow the Lord, ask the Holy Spirit to move
upon you, and that you desire to have those gifts
so that you can be a blessing to others. Remember
what it says? It says the gift is given so that
each person that gets a gift, it's given in order
to bless others. That's the scripture I read
earlier, 1 Corinthians chapter 12, that that's
why we get these gifts so that we can be a blessing
to other people. And remember, the gift is not
given to cause us to be puffed up and cause us
to say, well, look at me, look what I've got,
or only for super Christians, it's given to people
just like you who want to pray for other people
and believe for miracles to take place, for healings
to take place, to receive the baptism of the
Holy Spirit and have your heavenly prayer language
and to even interpret words that people are giving
and prophetic words that are given with interpretations
of tongues and interpretations. So all these
things, I've got to be careful, I'll start getting
into it right now and I don't have enough time
in this podcast to cover all these things. I
want to take time in the next podcast. I believe
as the Spirit leads us, we're going to get into
the power gifts. And we're going to discuss tongues
and interpretation of tongues. And I want us
to take a whole podcast to talk about that. But
it is a gift, I believe, that's available to
us. And the Holy Spirit is the only one, though,
that can bring that into our lives, into our
spirit. Now, my experience is intended to help
those who are open to receive the gifts of the
Spirit. See, in my upcoming podcast, I will address
all of the gifts of the Spirit, every single
one of them. We're going to go into detail about
healings and miracles. and prophetic words and
it may require multiple podcasts to accomplish
that but I want to be led by the Spirit so just
stay with me as we seek the leading of the Holy
Spirit to understand exactly how he wants us
to deal with discussing these gifts and not to
rush through them and to take our time. Now let
me close with a few thoughts in our study of
the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit brings a life filled with supernatural
experiences if we are led by the Spirit and not
our flesh. And it's so important to remember
we can only operate in the gifts of the Spirit
when we're led by the Spirit of God. The Holy
Spirit comes through an anointing. You see, the
anointing of the Holy Spirit brings fresh, new,
and safe directions from God. The Holy Spirit
does not condemn. The Holy Spirit does not attack.
And it's so important to understand that. I've
been in small prayer groups or small Bible studies
where someone will stand up and start saying
they have a prophecy or they have a word, and
they start destroying someone else. the church
and attacking someone and saying terrible things
about them. I really do not believe that's how
the Spirit of God works. The Apostle Paul teaches
us and tells us how to deal when we're having
conflict with other people. It's talked about
in the book of Timothy where Paul explains to
Timothy about how to deal with those challenges
in the church. So when you get involved with
people who are seeking the Holy Spirit for guidance
and directions and asking to receive the blessings
that the Holy Spirit has, then any anointing
comes down, it brings fresh new and safe directions
from God. Things that will build up other people,
encourage other people. The prayer of faith will
heal the sick and all these great things that
will take place and God wants us to understand
that the Holy Spirit is here to help and bless
and doesn't come to just condemn and beat us
up and scare us to death. If that's what you've
heard then run from that type of teaching. It's
certainly not found in the Word of God and it's
not found in the teachings that Paul has given
us. Now the Holy Spirit brings God's way his
will and his peace to believers. I'm gonna repeat
that. I think that's so important. The Holy Spirit
brings God's way. We want things to be done God
way, right? Not my way, but God's way. His will.
Not my will, but we want his will and his peace
to believers. Now, Jesus talked about peace that
he brings. It's not the peace that the world
has. Jesus brings peace that the world can't
even imagine, can't even imagine what it's like.
But we can receive that is beyond our own understanding
is what the word of God has to say. So it's important
that we understand that that that God's Holy
Spirit the Holy Spirit brings God's way his will
and his peace to believers peace from past trials
and peace from present trials. You see, you know,
when you listen to the Word of God and the Apostle
Paul speaks in Philippians and he says, to be
anxious for nothing but everything through prayers,
petitions, with thanksgiving, make your requests
be made known to God and the peace of God that
passes all understanding will guard your heart
and guard your mind in Christ Jesus. He says
something in there that's so important. He says
that the peace of God that passes all understanding,
well that peace of God is Holy Spirit peace.
That's the fruit of the Spirit that can come
in. That's that peace that it goes beyond understanding.
We can't explain why we're having peace when
we've had a cancer diagnosis because I know what
that's like. I know what it's like to receive
a cancer diagnosis from a doctor and telling
them that this is life -threatening, there's
no cure for it and it will take your life and
I know what that's like but I also know what
it's like when the Holy Spirit comes in and gives
me peace that passes understanding, all understanding.
I'm not a doctor, I don't understand the medical
field but I know what the peace of God is and
you can know what the peace of God is, and that's
what the Holy Spirit brings. And as we go through
these nine power gifts, I want all of us to think
about the peace that God brings, that God help
us through our trials. If you're going through
trials or challenges right now, I just believe
in the name of Jesus. Say, I take authority over
that trial, and I ask for God's peace. I want
His will. I want His way, and I want His peace.
And the Holy Spirit can bring that to me. So
Holy Spirit, bring that peace into my life from
past trials, from present trials. and anxiety
for the future. Remove it. Take it away in Jesus'
name. And when you do that, you're going to walk
in a level of peace that you can't understand.
You can't explain it. Just give God the glory
for it and all the praise and the honor. The
anointing of the Holy Spirit today is the same
anointing that Jesus and Paul and Timothy and
all these people, Stephen and all these great
men and women of God, that's what they receive.
It's the same Holy Spirit. He's the same one
who is in us. today to help us and take us through
our life and he's the one that brings forth those
nine power gifts and I'm praying that when we
get through this series we're going to have people
reporting and letting us know that the power
gifts have taken place in their life and they
give God all the glory and honor for it. In closing
Jesus said in John 14 12, I tell you the truth
anyone who believes in me will do the same works
I have done and even greater works because I
am going to be with the Father. Jesus wants us
to to do great works, no question about it. I'm
excited about this podcast, this series, getting
into the nine gifts of the Spirit, so I hope
that you'll be a part of that. Let me pray for
you. Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing
us together. And I pray now that you would bless
those who are listening in today and that you
would touch them and help them. I pray the Holy
Spirit would bring forth gifts in their lives
so they listen to the series and stay with us
and receive the gifts that they've decided. Maybe
some just would like to have that prayer language,
that heavenly prayer language of speaking in
other tongues. And I pray now the Holy Spirit
would move upon them and fill them with His power
that they would pray in their heavenly language.
And if they desire interpretation, they would
understand the words that other people are saying
in their tongues or their prophecies. If they
desire to prophesy, I pray that you would bring
forth that blessing. And if they want healings
and miracles, Lord, you would use them and bless
them. If they need wisdom and knowledge, Lord,
that you would bring that into their lives and
give them these gifts. And I believe for it,
Father. And Lord, I thank you for this series.
I thank you for who you are. And I thank you
for We're bringing those in today who are listening
to this podcast. Bless them and keep them, Father,
I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Well, I hope this
has been a blessing to you. This is exciting
to me as we continue on. We're going to continue
to get into the nine power gifts as the Lord
leads us. But if you'd like to know more about
Quality Christian Living, that's the podcast
name that we operate under. Quality Christian
Living is a series of podcasts we've been doing
now for four years. Today's podcast was podcast
number 305. So if you'd like to listen to these
podcasts you can go to my webpage and it's davidcfriendauthor
.com and when you get there right on the front
page you'll see a list and a link I should say
to the podcast and all 339 of them will be there
and they'll continue to load them every single
week and there's topics dealing with finances,
dealing with issues of healings and miracles
and the Holy Spirit and this is about our 12th
or 13th week that we've been speaking on the
gifts of the Spirit so all of them are on there
and a lot of other topics to help you in your
walk with the Lord so that you can live a quality
Christian life. In addition to that, if you don't
know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and
you're not sure if you're going to go to heaven,
let me just take a moment and pray with you.
Heavenly Father, I pray that those, Lord, who
don't know you would repeat this prayer. Lord,
I'm sorry for the sins I have committed. I need
a Savior. I ask you to come into my life. I repent
of my sins and ask you to forgive me and cleanse
me of them. And I need Jesus to come in and change
my life. I pray now that I would receive the
power of the Holy Spirit in my life and I invite
you into my life now and I receive Jesus Christ
as my Lord and Savior and I promise to serve
him all the days of my life. Now if you prayed
that prayer and you meant it with all your heart,
you need to find a good church. You need to get
the Bible out and start reading it. I strongly
recommend you read the four Gospels, Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John. Maybe start with John and
then get into the book of Romans. There's some
great reading there and great teaching. Find
a good church that's preaching from the Word
of God and get underneath the tutelage and teaching
of people, men and women, who are led powerfully
to bring the gospel message to you. So I want
you to do that. In addition to that, if you would
like to tune into our upcoming podcast, I would
encourage you to let your friends and relatives
know about this series on the Holy Spirit. There's
a lot of folks who are tuning in. They're new
to the podcast, and I thank the Lord for that.
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we close out this podcast, I just want to encourage
you to tune in next week for the new podcast.
I'm going to give you nine very, very short explanations
of all the power gifts, and we're going to talk
about the Holy Spirit and how He operates in
those, and then we'll follow up right after that
and get into tongues, interpretation of tongues,
and do that in the following podcast. So I believe
it's going to be a lot of fun, and I hope that
the Lord will bless you. Let me just close with
a blessing to give you today. May the Lord bless
you and keep you. May his face shine upon you.
May he be gracious to you and give you peace.
May you prosper and be in good health, even as
your soul prospers. Once again, thank you for
listening to Quality Christian Living. I'm your
host, David Friend. This has been podcast number
339, entitled, Nine Power Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you once again for listening. May God richly
bless you.