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12:8-11: 8这人蒙圣灵赐他智慧的言语，那人也蒙这位圣灵赐他知识的言语，9又有一人蒙这位圣灵赐他信心，还有一人蒙这位圣灵赐他医病的恩赐，10又叫一人能行异能，又叫一人能作先知，又叫一人能辨别诸灵，又叫一人能说方言，又叫一人能翻方言。11这一切都是这位圣灵所运行、随己意分给各人的。
保罗在这里列出的，并不是圣灵所赐恩赐的详尽清单。在《罗马书》第12章，保罗也列了一个关于恩赐的清单，但看上去和这个清单很不一样。有些恩赐直到今天还使教会受益，而另一些恩赐似乎只存在于使徒的时代。比如，他提到行异能和医治的恩赐，以及说方言的恩赐，正如五旬节使徒们所说的 。大卫·瓦雷斯基称这些恩赐为“确认性”恩赐。他指出，这些恩赐确认了早期教会使徒们的工作和所传扬福音信息的真实有效。这些恩赐存在了一段时间，甚至在哥林多这样的教会中也能找到。但是，保罗的确并没有在写给其他教会的书信中提到过这些恩赐。
一些年之前，在基督教会里有一个大的运动叫做“灵恩运动”。它宣称，今日的教会如果自认为是真正的教会，这些恩赐就应该仍然存在于教会中。我认识一位妇女，她加入了一家这样的教会，但被告知她算不上是真正的基督徒，因为她不会说方言。她非常绝望，甚至想结束自己的生命，直至有一个朋友将《以弗所书》2章8-9节的内容告诉给她，并指出，人得救靠的是信心，而不是靠行为。
圣经里从来没有说过每个基督徒必须具备这些恩赐，或者必须出现在每一个教会中。圣灵按自己的意愿将恩赐赐给个人和教会。他这样做是为了祝福我们，给我们机会用爱心彼此服事。与其夸耀我们的恩赐，不如用它们来荣耀神，服事别人。
祷告：圣灵啊，谢谢你为你的教会赐下这些恩赐。我曾经看到人们使用语言的恩赐向那些说不同语言的人传福音。我曾经看到那些在商业和金融方面有智慧的人，使用这些恩赐来引导自己的教会做明智的决定。我曾经看到那些具备渊博圣经知识的人培训那些圣经老师；而那些在实践方面有智慧的人指导教会的服事。谢谢你为教会赐下的所有恩赐！阿们。
1 Corinthians 12: 8 To one person a message of wisdom is given by the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge, as the same Spirit provides it; 9 by the same Spirit, faith is given to someone else; and to another, the same Spirit gives healing gifts. 10 Another is given powers to do miracles; another, the gift of prophecy; another, the evaluating of spirits; someone else, different kinds of tongues; and another, the interpretation of tongues. 11 One and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them to each one individually as he desires. (EHV)
This is by no means an exhaustive list of gifts given by the Spirit. Paul had a list of gifts in Romans 12, and it looks very different from this list. Some of these gifts still benefit the church today, and others seemed to be present only in the time of the apostles. For example, he mentions gifts like miracles and healing and speaking in different kinds of tongues, as the disciples did on the day of Pentecost. Professor David Vallesky called these gifts “confirmatory” gifts. These were gifts, he said, that confirmed the work and the message of the apostles in the early church. Those gifts stuck around for a while and were even gifts found in congregations like Corinth. Although, Paul doesn’t really speak of these gifts in his letters to the other congregations.
A number of years ago, there was a large movement in the Christian church called the “charismatic movement.” It claimed that all these gifts should still be present in the church today, if the church claimed to be the true church. I knew a woman who became involved in such a church. She was told that she wasn’t really a Christian because she could not speak in tongues. She was in such despair, she even thought of taking her life, when a friend pointed her to Ephesians 2:8-9 and showed her she was saved by faith and not by works.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that every Christian must possess these gifts, or that they will be present in every congregation of believers. The Spirit gives his gifts to individuals and to his church as he wills. He does it to bless us and to give us opportunities to serve on another in love. Rather than boast about our gifts, we use them to God’s glory and to serve on another.
Prayer: Thank you, Holy Spirit, for the gifts you give to your Church. I have seen people use their gifts for language to reach out to people of different tongues. I have seen people with wisdom in matters of business and finance use their gifts to lead their congregations to make wise decisions. I have seen people with great knowledge in Scripture teach the teachers, and those with practical wisdom guiding the ministries of the congregation. Thank you for all the gifts you give to your Church! Amen.