Paul encouraged the pursuit of spiritual gifts, but only in order to benefit others, not to benefit oneself. Comparing the gift of prophesy to the gift of speaking in tongues, he said that prophesy was more useful because people could plainly understand it and be built up by it where tongues were only useful if there was an interpretation.
Whatever gifts we are given should be used for God. We should desire the gifts God has for us in order to lifts up others rather than lift ourselves up. Once we receive and identify our gift, we then need to determine what God wants us to do with it and then go out and do it.
September 04, 2008
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