I Corinthians IX
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. (I Corinthians 12:7 ESV)
Manifestations
When my children went off to college, I gave them gifts. Things that I knew they would need. Things that would help them. Things for their good.
I admit that most of them were probably more necessary in my mind, than in reality. (Who needs a thesaurus these days?)
But the Holy Spirit gives great gifts to the Church. Gifts (manifestations of the Spirit) that He knows we need. Gifts that the Church really does need.
Here is a list of some of them. God gives more than JUST these… but these are pretty good! I am glad the church has had them.
For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. (I Corinthians 12:8-11 ESV)
These are not mere high-browed things that important Christians do… they are gifts that God gives to the church through us! Find which gifts He gave you, for the common good.